No. 25-5
 
Title: Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioners
v.
Al Otro Lado, a California Corporation, et al.
Docketed: July 1, 2025
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-55988, 22-56036)
   Decision Date: May 14, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jul 01 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2025)
Petition Appendix Proof of Service
Jul 30 2025 Waiver of right of respondent Al Otro Lado, et al. to respond filed.
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Jul 31 2025 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jul 31 2025 Brief amicus curiae of America's Future filed.
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Aug 06 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
Aug 07 2025 Response Requested. (Due September 8, 2025)
Aug 08 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 8, 2025 to October 8, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Aug 11 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 8, 2025, for all respondents.
Oct 08 2025 Brief of respondents Al Otro Lado, et al. in opposition filed.
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Oct 22 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
Oct 23 2025 Reply of petitioners Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 10 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
Nov 17 2025 Petition GRANTED.
Dec 19 2025 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Dec 29 2025 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 6, 2026. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including February 10, 2026.
Jan 06 2026 Brief of petitioners Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed.
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Jan 06 2026 Joint appendix filed.
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Jan 13 2026 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jan 13 2026 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Jan 13 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform filed.
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Jan 30 2026 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
Feb 04 2026 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Feb 10 2026 Brief of respondents Al Otro Lado, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Global Strategic Litigation Council, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of HIAS, Inc. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Amnesty International USA, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Former Officials of the Departments of Homeland Security, State, and Justice, et al. filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed.
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Feb 17 2026 Amici brief of Kairos Center for Religions, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 20, 2026)
Feb 17 2026 Brief amici curiae of Kairos Center for Religions, et al. filed. (Corrected) (Distributed)
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Feb 25 2026 CIRCULATED
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Kelsi Brown Corkran
Counsel of Record
Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection
600 New Jersey Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001

KBC74@GEORGETOWN.EDU
Ph: 202-661-6728
Party name: Al Otro Lado, et al.


Melissa Ellen Crow
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 900, PMB 228
Washington, DC 20006

crowmelissa@uclawsf.edu
Ph: 2023554471
Party name: Al Otro Lado, et al.


Other Attorneys
James Ryan Conde
Boyden Gray PLLC
800 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

jconde@boydengray.com
Ph: 202 955 0620
Party name: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Darrell Issa, and Senators Ted Budd, Mike Lee, Kevin Cramer, and Josh Hawley


William Eugene Evans
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

WEvans@goodwinlaw.com
Ph: 6175701309
Party name: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1730 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Christopher J. Hajec
Counsel of Record
Federation for American Immigration Reform
25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 330
Washington, DC 20001

chajec@fairus.org
Ph: 202-328-7004
Party name: Federation for American Immigration Reform


Lindsay C. Harrison
Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

LHARRISON@JENNER.COM
Ph: (202)-639-6000
Party name: Members of Congress


Alexandra Mansbach
Counsel of Record
Deutsch Hunt PLLC
300 New Jersey Ave NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

lmansbach@deutschhunt.com
Ph: (202) 868-6915
Party name: HIAS, Inc.


R. Trent McCotter
Counsel of Record
Boyden Gray PLLC
800 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

tmccotter@boydengray.com
Ph: 202-706-5488
Party name: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Darrell Issa, and Senators Ted Budd, Mike Lee, Kevin Cramer, and Josh Hawley


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Citizens United, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


Sarah H. Paoletti
Counsel of Record
Transnational Legal Clinic, Univ. of Penn. Law Sch
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

paoletti@law.upenn.edu
Ph: 215-898-1097
Party name: Global Strategic Litigation Council, et al.


Erica Lauren Ross
Counsel of Record
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
1875 K. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1238

eross@willkie.com
Ph: 202-303-1000
Party name: Amnesty International USA, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, and Physicians For Human Rights


Alan Evan Schoenfeld
Counsel of Record
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007

alan.schoenfeld@wilmerhale.com
Ph: (212) 230-8800
Party name: Immigration Law Professors


Catherine Emily Stetson
Counsel of Record
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 13th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004-1109

CATE.STETSON@HOGANLOVELLS.COM
Ph: 2026375491
Party name: Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice and Religious Organizations


Raymond Patrick Tolentino
Counsel of Record
Cooley LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20004

rtolentino@cooley.com
Ph: (202) 842-7800
Party name: Bipartisan Former Officials of the Departments of Homeland Security, State, and Justice and the Immigration and Naturalization Service