| No. 25-429 |
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| Title: |
Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, Petitioner v. Muk Choi Lau |
| Docketed: | October 8, 2025 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-6623) |
| Decision Date: | March 4, 2025 |
| Rehearing Denied: | July 17, 2025 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Oct 08 2025 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 7, 2025) Petition |
| Oct 08 2025 | 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. |
| Oct 10 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2025 to December 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk. Main Document |
| Oct 16 2025 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 8, 2025. |
| Dec 08 2025 | Brief of respondent Muk Lau in opposition filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 23 2025 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026. |
| Dec 23 2025 | Reply of petitioner Pamela Bondi filed. (Distributed) Main Document |
| Jan 09 2026 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jan 09 2026 | 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. |
| Feb 11 2026 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. |
| Feb 18 2026 | Brief for the Petitioner filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Feb 18 2026 | Joint appendix filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Feb 25 2026 | Brief amicus curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Feb 27 2026 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. |
| Mar 12 2026 | Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and available with the Clerk. |
| Mar 20 2026 | Brief of respondent Muk Lau filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 27 2026 | Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 27 2026 | Brief amici curiae of Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, et al. filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 27 2026 | Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed. (Distributed) Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Mar 30 2026 | CIRCULATED |