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Docket for 17-459

No. 17-459

Title:	Wescley Fonseca Pereira, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
Docketed:	September 28, 2017
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Case Numbers:	(16-1033)
Decision Date:	July 31, 2017
Questions Presented

Proceedings and Orders

Sep 27 2017

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 30, 2017)

Oct 25 2017

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 29, 2017.

Oct 30 2017

Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.

Nov 15 2017

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 29, 2017 to December 12, 2017, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document

Nov 16 2017

Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 12, 2017.

Dec 12 2017

Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General in opposition filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Dec 13 2017

Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
Main Document

Dec 19 2017

Reply of petitioner Wescley Fonseca Pereira filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count

Dec 20 2017

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.

Jan 08 2018

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.

Jan 12 2018

Petition GRANTED.

Jan 25 2018

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 21 2018

Brief of petitioner Wescley Fonseca Pereira filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Feb 21 2018

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Main Document Proof of Service

Feb 23 2018

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 23, 2018.

Feb 28 2018

Brief amicus curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Feb 28 2018

Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Feb 28 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Former BIA Chairman & Immigration Judge Schmidt filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Mar 07 2018

CIRCULATED

Mar 23 2018

Brief of respondent Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count

Mar 30 2018

Record requested from U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.

Apr 02 2018

Record received from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Apr 13 2018

Reply of petitioner Wescley Fonseca Pereira filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service

Apr 23 2018

Argued. For petitioner: David J. Zimmer, Boston, Mass. For respondent: Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Jun 21 2018

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Jul 23 2018

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
wjay@goodwinlaw.com
Ph: 202-346-4000
Party name: Wescley Fonseca Pereira

Attorneys for Respondents

Noel John Francisco
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: Sessions, Att'y Gen.

Other Attorneys

Eric F. Citron
Counsel of Record

Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850
Bethesda, MD 20814
ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com
Ph: 202-362-0636
Party name: Former BIA Chairman & Immigration Judge Schmidt

Bradley N. Garcia
Counsel of Record

O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
1625 Eye St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
bgarcia@omm.com
Ph: 202 383 5300
Party name: American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al.

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: National Immigrant Justice Center