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No. 25-429
 
Title: Todd Blanche, Acting 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
 
Proceedings and Orders
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
Apr 10 2026 Reply of petitioner filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Proof of Service
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
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: Pamela Bondi


Attorneys for Respondent
Shay Dvoretzky
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005
SHAY.DVORETZKY@SKADDEN.COM
Ph: 202-371-7370
Party name: Muk Lau


Other Attorneys
Lauren Margaret Blas
Counsel of Record
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
lblas@gibsondunn.com
Ph: 213-229-7503
Party name: The American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Counsel


Carolyn Frances Corwin
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
One City Center
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956
ccorwin@cov.com
Ph: 202-662-5338
Party name: Immigration Law Professors


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


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: Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Immigrant Defense Project

 

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