No. 20-437

United States v. Refugio Palomar-Santiago

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-06
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (6)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-law administrative-remedies criminal-law due-process fundamental-unfairness immigration-law judicial-review removal-order statutory-interpretation unlawful-reentry
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-02-19 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant automatically satisfies the prerequisites of 8 U.S.C. 1326(d) solely by showing that he was removed for a crime that would not be considered a removable offense under current circuit law, even if he cannot independently demonstrate administrative exhaustion or deprivation of the opportunity for judicial review

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Under 8 U.S.C. 1326(d), a defendant charged with unlawful reentry into the United States following removal may assert the invalidity of the original removal order as an affirmative defense only if he “demonstrates that” he “exhausted any administrative remedies that may have been available to seek relief against the order,” 8 U.S.C. 1326(d)(1), the removal proceedings “deprived [him] of the opportunity for judicial review,” 8 U.S.C. 1326(d)(2), and “the entry of the order was fundamentally unfair,” 8 U.S.C. 1826(d)(3). The question presented is whether a defendant automatically satisfies all three of those prerequisites solely by showing that he was removed for a crime that would not be considered a removable offense under current circuit law, even if he cannot independently demonstrate administrative exhaustion or deprivation of the opportunity for judicial review. (I)

Docket Entries

2021-06-25
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2021-05-24
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-437_new_qol1.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court.
2021-05-24
Conditional cross-motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after oral argument GRANTED.
2021-05-24
Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after oral argument GRANTED.
2021-05-04
Conditional cross-motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after oral argument filed by petitioner United States. (Distributed)
2021-04-29
Motion for leave to file a supplemental brief after oral argument filed by respondent Refugio Palomar-Santiago. (Distributed)
2021-04-27
Argued. For petitioner: Erica L. Ross, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Bradley N. Garcia, Washington, D. C. (Appointed by this Court.)
2021-04-16
Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-31
Brief amici curiae of Professors Kelly Lytle Hernández, Mae Ngai, and Ingrid Eagly filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-31
Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office of Immigration Review Judges filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-31
Brief amici curiae of The National Immigration Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-31
Brief amicus curiae of The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-30
CIRCULATED
2021-03-29
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. (Distributed)
2021-03-24
Brief of respondent Refugio Palomar-Santiago filed.
2021-03-15
Record requested.
2021-03-15
The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.
2021-03-12
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
2021-03-01
Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed.
2021-02-22
Brief of petitioner United States filed.
2021-02-22
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
2021-02-22
Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent GRANTED, and Bradley N. Garcia, Esq., of Washington, D.C., is appointed to serve as counsel for respondent in this case.
2021-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-26
Motion to appoint counsel filed by respondent Refugio Palomar-Santiago.
2021-01-22
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner United States.
2021-01-08
Petition GRANTED.
2021-01-08
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
2020-12-23
Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-07
Brief of respondent Refugio Palomar-Santiago in opposition filed.
2020-12-07
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Refugio Palomar-Santiago.
2020-10-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2020.
2020-10-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 5, 2020 to December 7, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Former Executive Office of Immigration Review Judges
Richard W. MarkGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
Richard W. MarkGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
Immigration Reform Law Institute
Christopher J. HajecImmigration Reform Law Institute, Amicus
Christopher J. HajecImmigration Reform Law Institute, Amicus
National Association of Federal Defenders
Brianna Fuller MircheffOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Amicus
Brianna Fuller MircheffOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Amicus
Professors Kelly Lytle Hernández, Mae Ngai, and Ingrid Eagly
Alexia D KorbergPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Amicus
Alexia D KorbergPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Amicus
Refugio Palomar-Santiago
Bradley N. GarciaO'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Respondent
Bradley N. GarciaO'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Respondent
Aarin KevorkianFederal Public Defender, Respondent
Aarin KevorkianFederal Public Defender, Respondent
Jeffrey L. FisherO'Melveny & Myers LLP, Respondent
Jeffrey L. FisherO'Melveny & Myers LLP, Respondent
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
David A. O'NeilDebevoise & Plimpton LLP, Amicus
David A. O'NeilDebevoise & Plimpton LLP, Amicus
The National Immigration Project, The Immigrant Defense Project, and The National Immigrant Justice Center
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Amicus
Tobias Samuel Loss-EatonSidley Austin LLP, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Petitioner
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Petitioner