No. 22-331
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Fernando Cordero-Garcia, aka Fernando Cordero
Relisted (2)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation witness-dissuasion
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Punishment Securities Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
AdministrativeLaw Punishment Securities Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2023-01-13
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, in violation of California law, is 'an offense relating to obstruction of justice,' 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(S)
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, in violation of California law, is “an offense relating to obstruction of justice,” 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(S). (1
Docket Entries
2023-07-24
Judgment issued.
2023-03-24
CIRCULATED
2023-03-17
Records from the Board of Immigration Appeals were transmitted electronically.
2023-03-01
Electronic record containing sealed materials received from U.S.C.A.-9th Circuit.
2023-02-08
Record requested from the U.S.C.A.-9th Circuit.
2023-01-13
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.
2023-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/13/2023.
2022-12-21
Reply of petitioner Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General filed. (Distributed)
2022-12-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-07
Brief of respondent Fernando Cordero-Garcia in opposition filed.
2022-10-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2022.
2022-10-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 7, 2022 to December 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-10-07
2022-10-07
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.
Attorneys
Cordero-Garcia, Fernando
Mark Christopher Fleming — WilmerHale, Respondent
Mark Christopher Fleming — WilmerHale, Respondent
Merrick B. Garland
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Petitioner