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Andre Martello Barton v. William P. Barr, Attorney General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-13055 · judgment September 25, 2018

Decided · April 23, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Whether a lawfully admitted permanent resident who is not seeking admission to the United States can be "render[ed] ... inadmissible" for the purposes of the stop-time rule, 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(d)(l).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Adam G. Unikowsky
Jenner & Block LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
5 merits
(5 supporting pet./neither)

Argument & decision

Argued November 4, 2019 — Adam G. Unikowsky · Frederick Liu. Audio and transcript

Decided April 23, 2020. Opinion by Kavanaugh.

Proceedings

  1. May 26 2020
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. Apr 23 2020
    Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
  3. Nov 04 2019
    Argued. For petitioner: Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
  4. Oct 22 2019
    Record from the U.S.C.A. updated. The record has been sent electronically and filed.
  5. Sep 16 2019
    Reply of petitioner Andre Martello Barton filed. (Distributed)
  6. Sep 16 2019
    Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit.
  7. Sep 16 2019
    The record from the U.S.C.A. 11th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, 11th Circuit record is full and complete.
  8. Sep 03 2019
    CIRCULATED
  9. Aug 15 2019
    Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General filed.
  10. Jul 10 2019
    Amicus brief of Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted)
  11. Jul 08 2019
    SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 4, 2019.
  12. Jul 03 2019
    Brief amici curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center and American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
  13. Jul 03 2019
    Brief amici curiae of Momodoulamin Jobe and The Immigrant Defense Project filed.
  14. Jul 03 2019
    Brief amici curiae of Former United States Immigration Judges filed.
  15. Jul 03 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition filed. (July 24, 2019)
  16. Jul 02 2019
    Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.
  17. Jun 26 2019
    Brief of petitioner Andre Martello Barton filed.
  18. Jun 17 2019
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Andre Martello Barton.
  19. May 20 2019
    Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
  20. May 10 2019
    Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
  21. May 10 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 26, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 15, 2019.
  22. May 09 2019
    Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Andre Martello Barton.
  23. Apr 22 2019
    Petition GRANTED.
  24. Apr 22 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.
  25. Apr 15 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
  26. Mar 20 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
  27. Mar 15 2019
    Reply of petitioner Andre Martello Barton filed.
  28. Mar 08 2019
    Brief of respondent William P. Barr, Attorney General in opposition filed.
  29. Jan 31 2019
    Motion for an extension of time to file a response from February 6, 2019 to March 8, 2019 filed.
  30. Jan 31 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 8, 2019.
  31. Jan 07 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 6, 2019.
  32. Jan 03 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2019 to February 6, 2019, filed.
  33. Dec 04 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)
  34. Dec 04 2018
    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.