Niz-chavez v. Garland, Attorney General
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 29, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- April 29, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
4/30/2021 10:42:06 AM Compare Results Old File: New File: 19-863.pdf 19-863_new.pdf versus 41 pages (203 KB) 41 pages (202 KB) 4/27/2021 2:37:41 PM 4/30/2021 10:38:00 AM Total Changes Content Styling and Annotations 1 1 Replacement 0 Styling 0 Insertions 0 Annotations 0 Deletions Go to First Change (page 17) file://NoURLProvided[4/30/2021 10:42:06 AM] (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus NIZ-CHAVEZ v. GARLAND, ATTORNEY GENERAL CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 19–863. Argued November 9, 2020—Decided April 29, 2021 Nonpermanent resident aliens ordered removed from the United States under federal immigration law may be eligible for discretionary relief if, among other things, they can establish their continuous presence in the country for at least 10 years. 8 U. S. C. §1229b(b)(1). But the so- called stop-time rule included in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) provides that the…
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