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Jose Santos Sanchez, et ux. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 19-1311 · judgment July 22, 2020

Decided · June 7, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 15% cert probability (95% interval 9%–24%)

Before the decision, about 3.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a Third Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether, under 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(f)(4), a grant of Temporary Protected Status authorizes eligible noncitizens to obtain lawful-permanent-resident status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jaime Winthuysen Aparisi

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
12 merits
(11 supporting pet./neither, 1 respondent)

Orders
Miscellaneous order, January 8, 2021 · Certiorari granted
Order list, March 1, 2021

Argument & decision

Argued April 19, 2021 — Amy M. Saharia · Michael R. Huston. Listen and read along · the Court’s audio

Decided June 7, 2021.

Proceedings

  1. Jul 09 2021
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. Jun 07 2021
    Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
  3. Apr 19 2021
    Argued. For petitioners: Amy M. Saharia, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Michael R. Huston, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
  4. Apr 09 2021
    Reply of petitioner Jose Santos Sanchez, et ux. filed. (Distributed)
  5. Mar 31 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)
  6. Mar 30 2021
    CIRCULATED
  7. Mar 24 2021
    Brief of respondents Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed.
  8. Mar 15 2021
    Record requested.
  9. Mar 15 2021
    Record received from the U.S.D.C. 3rd Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, with the exception of confidential documents that been electronically filed.
  10. Mar 12 2021
    SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 19, 2021.
  11. Mar 10 2021
    Corrected certificate of service for amicus curiae Harvard TPS Coalition filed.
  12. Mar 01 2021
    Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
  13. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
  14. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Oxfam America filed.
  15. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.
  16. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Watch and Alianza Americas filed.
  17. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of District of Columbia, et al. filed.
  18. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Professors Alan Morrison and Brian Wolfman filed.
  19. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
  20. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of National Immigration Litigation Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed.
  21. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amicus curiae of Harvard TPS Coalition filed.
  22. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of 22 Cities and Counties filed.
  23. Mar 01 2021
    Amicus brief of Service Employees International Union, et al. not accepted for filing. (March 03, 2021 - certificate of compliance to be corrected).
  24. Mar 01 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Service Employees International Union and Other Labor Unions filed. (March 23, 2021)
  25. Feb 22 2021
    Brief of petitioners Jose Santos Sanchez, et al. filed.
  26. Feb 05 2021
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Jose Santos Sanchez, et al.
  27. Feb 05 2021
    Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Jose Santos Sanchez, et al.
  28. Jan 08 2021
    Petition GRANTED.
  29. Dec 16 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  30. Dec 11 2020
    Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under 15.5 filed by petitioner.
  31. Dec 09 2020
    Brief for the Respondents filed.
  32. Oct 28 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 9, 2020.
  33. Oct 26 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2020 to December 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  34. Sep 14 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 12, 2020.
  35. Sep 11 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 13, 2020 to November 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  36. Sep 08 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)
  37. Sep 08 2020
    Corrected appendix to the petition (submitted February 18, 2021).