MARTINEZ v. SESSIONS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Maureen A. Sweeney , UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CAREY IMMIGRATION CLINIC, Baltimore, Maryland; Adina Bassin Appelbaum , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Sara J. Bayram , Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Steven C. Planzer , CASTANEDA PLANZER LLC, Salisbury, Maryland, for Petitioner. Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. Sejal Zota , NATIONAL IMMIGRATION PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, Boston, Massachusetts, for Amicus National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. Claudia R. Cubas , CAPITAL AREA IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS COALITION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition. Nadine K. Wettstein , MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Rockville, Maryland, for Amicus Maryland Office of the Public Defender.

Petition for review granted; vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Traxler wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Keenan joined. Judge Niemeyer wrote a dissenting opinion.