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Tamer S. Wassily, et al. v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 22-6247, 23-6289 · judgment August 7, 2025
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a Second Circuit decision below.
Question presented
The asylum laws offer protection against removal for certain noncitizens in this country who suffered past persecution or reasonably fear future persecution in their country of nationality. For those “granted asylum,” the immigration laws also provide a pathway to obtain lawful permanent resident (LPR) status. Under 8 U.S.C. § 1159(b), the government "may adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence the status of any alien granted asylum," if certain statutory criteria are satisfied. The question presented is: Whether noncitizens who were "granted asylum," but whose asylum was later terminated, are eligible for adjustment to LPR status under Section 1159(b) (as the Fifth Circuit held), or are categorically ineligible (as the Second and Fourth Circuits held)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Melissa Arbus Sherry
Latham & Watkins LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
3 merits
(3 supporting pet./neither)
Proceedings
- Aug 31 2026Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.
- Aug 31 2026Brief amicus curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center filed.
- Aug 31 2026Brief amicus curiae of American Immigration Lawyers Association filed.
- Aug 24 2026Brief of petitioners filed.
- Aug 13 2026As 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.
- Aug 05 2026Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Tamer S. Wassily.
- Jul 20 2026Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 24, 2026. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 2, 2026.
- Jul 02 2026Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
- Jun 29 2026Petition GRANTED.
- Jun 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 08 2026Reply of petitioners Tamer S. Wassily, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- May 20 2026Brief of respondent Todd Blanche in opposition filed.
- Apr 06 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 20, 2026.
- Apr 03 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2026 to May 20, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 06 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 20, 2026.
- Mar 05 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 19, 2026 to April 20, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 12 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 19, 2026.
- Feb 11 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 17, 2026 to March 19, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 12 2026
- Jan 12 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.