Pereira v. Sessions

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
17-459	Apr 23, 2018	Jun 21, 2018	8-1	Sotomayor	OT 2017

Holding: A putative notice sent to a nonpermanent resident to appear at a removal proceeding that fails to designate a specific time or place for that proceeding does not end the continuous residence period calculation necessary for possible cancellation of the individual"s removal.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 8-1, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on June 21, 2018. Justice Kennedy filed a concurring opinion. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Court rejects agency interpretation of immigration statute, giving immigrant a chance at lawful residence (Jennifer Chacon, June 22, 2018)
Symposium: Minimalism with radical potential (Gillian Metzger, June 22, 2018)
Symposium: The court begins to strike back at the administrative state (Ilya Shapiro, June 22, 2018)
A "view" from the courtroom: Inching toward checkout for the term (Mark Walsh, June 21, 2018)
Argument analysis: Justices skeptical of governments reading of immigrant-removal provisions (Jennifer Chacon, April 24, 2018)
Argument preview: Interpretation of removal statute raises deference questions (Jennifer Chacon, April 16, 2018)
Court bulks up this terms docket (UPDATED) (Amy Howe, January 12, 2018)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/27/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 30, 2017)
10/25/2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 29, 2017.
10/30/2017	Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
11/15/2017	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 29, 2017 to December 12, 2017, submitted to The Clerk.
11/16/2017	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 12, 2017.
12/12/2017	Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General in opposition filed.
12/13/2017	Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
12/19/2017	Reply of petitioner Wescley Fonseca Pereira filed.
12/20/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
01/08/2018	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
01/12/2018	Petition GRANTED.
01/25/2018	As Rule 34.6 provides, “If the Court schedules briefing and oral argument in a case that was governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1(c), the parties shall submit electronic versions of all prior and subsequent filings with this Court in the case, subject to [applicable] redaction rules.” Subsequent party and amicus filings in the case should now be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system, with any necessary redactions.
02/21/2018	Brief of petitioner Wescley Fonseca Pereira filed.
02/21/2018	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
02/23/2018	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 23, 2018.
02/28/2018	Brief amicus curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center filed.
02/28/2018	Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
02/28/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Former BIA Chairman & Immigration Judge Schmidt filed.
03/07/2018	CIRCULATED
03/23/2018	Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
03/30/2018	Record requested from U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.
04/02/2018	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
04/13/2018	Reply of petitioner Wescley Fonseca Pereira filed. (Distributed)
04/23/2018	Argued. For petitioner: David J. Zimmer, Boston, Mass. For respondent: Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
06/21/2018	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
07/23/2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.