No. 23-583
Amina Bouarfa v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.
Tags: administrative-law circuit-split immigration-law judicial-review nondiscretionary-criteria revocation visa-petition
Latest Conference:
2024-04-26
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria
Docket Entries
2025-01-13
Judgment Issued.
2024-12-10
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Jackson, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
2024-10-15
Argued. For petitioner: Samir Deger-Sen, New York, N. Y. For respondents: Colleen R. Sinzdak, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
2024-09-23
Reply of petitioner Amina Bouarfa filed. (Distributed)
2024-08-29
Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)
2024-08-29
Amicus brief of Immigration Reform Law Institute submitted.
2024-08-28
Brief amicus curiae of Thomas Fuller Ogden filed. (Distributed)
2024-08-28
Amicus brief of Thomas Fuller Ogden submitted.
2024-08-22
Brief of respondents Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-08-22
Brief of Mayorkas, Alejandro submitted.
2024-08-13
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-08-08
CIRCULATED
2024-08-05
Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and available with the Clerk.
2024-07-29
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
2024-07-26
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
2024-07-10
Brief amici curiae of The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida filed.
2024-07-10
Brief amici curiae of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, National Immigration Litigation Alliance, American Immigration Council filed.
2024-07-10
Brief amici curiae of American Immigrant Investor Alliance, American Lending Center Holdings and Century American Regional Center filed.
2024-07-10
Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges filed.
2024-07-10
Brief amici curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center, et al. filed.
2024-07-10
Brief amici curiae of Administrative and Immigration Law Professors filed.
2024-07-10
Amicus brief of National Immigrant Justice Center, Asista Immigration Assistance, Oxfam America, National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence and National Network to End Domestic Violence submitted.
2024-07-03
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
2024-07-03
Brief of petitioner Amina Bouarfa filed.
2024-07-03
Joint Appendix submitted.
2024-07-03
Brief of Amina Bouarfa submitted.
2024-05-13
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 3, 2024. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 22, 2024.
2024-05-07
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2024-04-29
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.
2024-04-29
Petition GRANTED.
2024-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
2024-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2024-03-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-19
Reply of petitioner Amina Bouarfa filed. (Distributed)
2024-02-29
Brief of respondent Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. in opposition filed.
2024-01-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 29, 2024.
2024-01-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 1, 2024 to February 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-01-02
Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges filed.
2023-12-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 1, 2024.
2023-12-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2024 to February 1, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-11-27
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.
2023-10-18
Application (23A348) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 27, 2023.
2023-10-13
Application (23A348) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 26, 2023 to December 11, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Administrative and Immigration Law Professors
Andrew John Pincus — Mayer Brown LLP, Amicus
American Immigrant Investor Alliance, American Lending Center Holdings and Century American Regional Center
Amina Bouarfa
Samir Ibrahim Deger-Sen — Latham & Watkins LLP, Petitioner
Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges
Richard W. Mark — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
Immigration Reform Law Institute
Mayorkas, Alejandro
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
National Immigrant Justice Center, Asista Immigration Assistance, Oxfam America, National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence and National Network to End Domestic Violence
Victoria Dorfman — Jones Day, Amicus
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, National Immigration Litigation Alliance, American Immigration Council
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida
Thomas Fuller Ogden
Thomas Fuller Ogden — Attorney At Law, Amicus