Gomez-Vargas v. Garland

Petition for writ of certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit for further consideration in light of Wilkinson v. Garland.

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-734	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2023

Issue: Whether an agency determination that a given set of established facts does not rise to the statutory standard of "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" is a mixed question of law and fact reviewable under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D), or whether this determination is a discretionary judgment call unreviewable under Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(i).

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The last grants of October Term 2022? (John Elwood, June 29, 2023)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/16/2022	Application (22A548) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 3, 2023 to February 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.
12/16/2022	Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filiing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.
12/21/2022	Application (22A548) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 2, 2023.
02/02/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2023)
02/21/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 8, 2023 to April 7, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
02/22/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 7, 2023.
03/30/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 7, 2023 to May 8, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
03/31/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 8, 2023.
05/02/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 8, 2023 to May 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
05/03/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 15, 2023.
05/15/2023	Brief of respondent Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed.
05/30/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
05/30/2023	Reply of petitioner Rafael Gomez-Vargas filed. (Distributed)
06/09/2023	Rescheduled.
06/20/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
06/29/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
03/25/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
04/08/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
04/15/2024	Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Wilkinson v. Garland, 601 U. S. ___ (2024).
05/17/2024	Judgment Issued.