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Moncrieffe v. Holder

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
11-702 5th Cir. Oct 10, 2012 Apr 23, 2013 7-2 Sotomayor OT 2012

Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C. represents the petitioner in this case.

Holding: If a noncitizen"s conviction for a marijuana distribution offense fails to establish that the offense involved either remuneration or more than a small amount of marijuana, it is not an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on April 23, 2013. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito filed dissenting opinions.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
12/07/2011Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2012)
01/05/2012Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 8, 2012.
02/02/2012Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 9, 2012.
03/09/2012Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General in opposition filed.
03/13/2012Reply of petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe filed. (Distributed)
03/14/2012DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 30, 2012.
04/02/2012Petition GRANTED.
04/23/2012The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 21, 2012.
04/23/2012The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 29, 2012.
06/08/2012Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe.
06/11/2012Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
06/18/2012Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
06/19/2012The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is further extended to and including June 22, 2012.
06/19/2012The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including August 31, 2012.
06/19/2012Counsel for the petitioner will file the reply brief on the merits on or before September 21, 2012.
06/22/2012Brief of petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe filed.
06/28/2012Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.
06/29/2012Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights First filed.
06/29/2012Brief amicus curiae of Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law filed.
06/29/2012Brief amici curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center, et al. filed.
07/23/2012SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, October 10, 2012
07/24/2012CIRCULATED.
08/01/2012Record received from U.S.C.A. for 5th Circuit. (1 envelope)
08/23/2012Adminsitrative Record from Board of Immigration Appeals is electronic.
08/31/2012Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
09/21/2012Reply of petitioner Adrian Moncrieffe filed. (Distributed)
10/10/2012Argued. For petitioner: Thomas C. Goldstein, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Pratik A. Shah, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
04/23/2013Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., and Alito, J., filed dissenting opinions.
05/28/2013JUDGMENT ISSUED.
06/03/2013Record returned to U.S.Court of Appeals for 5th Circuit.

Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C. represents the petitioner in this case.

 

Holding: If a noncitizen”s conviction for a marijuana distribution offense fails to establish that the offense involved either remuneration or more than a small amount of marijuana, it is not an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

 

Judgment:”Reversed and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on April 23, 2013. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito filed dissenting opinions.