Abdulla v. Garland

Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit for further consideration in light of the brief filed by the acting solicitor general for the United States on August 27, 2021.

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-1492	3rd Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2021

Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit erred in holding that petitioner did not derive citizenship through his father under former 8 U.S.C. § 1432(a) because his father naturalized before, rather than after, allegedly separating from his mother.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/19/2021	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 27, 2021)
04/19/2021	Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system.
05/17/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 27, 2021 to June 28, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
05/18/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 28, 2021.
06/23/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 28, 2021 to July 28, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
06/24/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 28, 2021.
07/14/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 28, 2021 to August 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
07/15/2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 27, 2021.
08/27/2021	Brief of respondent Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States filed.
09/15/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
10/12/2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
10/18/2021	Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of the brief filed by the Acting Solicitor General for the United States on August 27, 2021.
11/19/2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.