Nasrallah v. Barr

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-1432	11th Cir.	Mar 2, 2020	Jun 1, 2020	7-2	Kavanaugh	OT 2019

Holding: Title 8 U. S. C. "" 1252(a)(2)(C) and (D) do not preclude judicial review of a removable noncitizen"s factual challenges to an order denying relief under the international Convention Against Torture, which protects noncitizens from removal to a country where they would likely face torture.

Judgment: Reversed, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Kavanaugh on June 1, 2020. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Alito joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Live blog of orders and opinions (Update: Completed) (Kalvis Golde, June 1, 2020)
Opinion analysis: Federal courts can review factual findings of a Convention Against Torture claim raised as a defense to crime-based removal (Jennifer Chacon, June 1, 2020)
Argument analysis: Is judicial review of a claim under the Convention Against Torture completely barred in cases involving removal orders on certain criminal grounds? (Jennifer Chacon, March 3, 2020)
Argument preview: Do federal courts have jurisdiction to review a challenge to an administrative denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture? (Jennifer Chacon, February 24, 2020)
Abortion, CFPB cases scheduled for February sitting (Amy Howe, November 26, 2019)
Justices to review constitutionality of CFPB structure (Amy Howe, October 18, 2019)
The return of Relist Watch Select (John Elwood, October 17, 2019)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
05/14/2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 14, 2019)
05/14/2019	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.
06/04/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 14, 2019 to July 15, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
06/05/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 15, 2019.
07/11/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 15, 2019 to August 14, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
07/12/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 14, 2019.
08/08/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 14, 2019 to September 9, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
08/09/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 9, 2019.
09/09/2019	Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General in opposition filed.
09/25/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2019.
09/25/2019	Reply of petitioner Nidal Khalid Nasrallah filed. (Distributed)
10/15/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
10/18/2019	Petition GRANTED.
10/18/2019	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.
11/18/2019	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
11/20/2019	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 9, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 15, 2020.
11/26/2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 2, 2020.
12/09/2019	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed).
12/09/2019	Brief of petitioner Nidal Khalid Nasrallah filed.
12/16/2019	Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office of Immigration Review Judges filed.
12/16/2019	Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
12/16/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Legal Service Providers filed.
01/09/2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
01/15/2020	Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed.
01/21/2020	CIRCULATED
01/22/2020	the record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER
02/14/2020	Reply of petitioner Nidal Khalid Nasrallah filed. (Distributed)
03/02/2020	Argued. For petitioner: Paul Hughes, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
03/10/2020	Sealed documents were requested and electronically received from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
06/01/2020	Judgment REVERSED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined.
07/06/2020	JUDGMENT ISSUED.