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Todd Blanche, Attorney General v. Izuchukwu Ozurumba
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 24-2070 · judgment September 2, 2025
Before the decision, about 5.1× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, counsel who has won certiorari before, and a Fourth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
An alien is removable and ineligible for various immigration benefits if he has provided material support to a terrorist organization. The question presented is whether, under 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(iv)(Vl), such support must advance the organization's actual commission of terrorism to qualify for that bar.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
For respondent
David Meir Zionts
Covington & Burling LLP
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Linked docket
25A1046
Order
Order list, October 13, 2026 · Certiorari granted
Proceedings
- Oct 13 2026Petition GRANTED.
- Oct 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
- Aug 19 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 18 2026Reply of petitioner Todd Blanche, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 03 2026Brief of respondent Izuchukwu Ozurumba in opposition filed.
- Jun 12 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 3, 2026.
- Jun 10 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 2, 2026 to August 3, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 29 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 2, 2026)
- Apr 20 2026Application (25A1046) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until May 29, 2026.
- Apr 17 2026Application (25A1046) to extend further the time from April 29, 2026 to May 29, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.
- Mar 24 2026Application (25A1046) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 29, 2026.
- Mar 20 2026Application (25A1046) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 30, 2026 to April 29, 2026, submitted to The Chief Justice.
- Mar 20 2026Pursuant 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.