GRACE v. WHITAKER

Civil Action No. 18-1853.

GRACE, et al. Plaintiffs, v. MATTHEW G. WHITAKER, Acting Attorney General of the United States, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 25, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 08 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)
Cause: 08 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2) Injunction for Deportation
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GRACE, MINA, GINA, MONA, MARIA, CARMEN, and her minor daughter, J.A.C.F. (by and through her mother), J.A.C.F., minor daughter, GIO, NORA, and her minor son, A.B.A. (by and through his mother), A.B.A., minor son, CINDY ARDON MEJIA, and her minor daughter, A.P.A. (by and through her mother) & A.P.A., minor daughter, Plaintiffs, represented by Anne Kathleen Scholten Dutton , HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW, pro hac vice, Celso Perez , ACLU IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS PROJECT, Eunice Lee , UC Hastings Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, pro hac vice, Karen Musalo , HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW, Lenora M. Lapidus , ACLU WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROJECT, pro hac vice, Scott Michelman , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Andre Ivan Segura , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, pro hac vice, Ann Kathleen Scholten Dutton , HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW, Arthur B. Spitzer , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Cody H. Wofsy , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, pro hac vice, Emma Jane Roth , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, Jennifer Chang Newell , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, pro hac vice, Judy Rabinovitz , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, pro hac vice, Katrina Eiland , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, pro hac vice, Omar C. Jadwat , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, pro hac vice, Sandra Shin-Young Park , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, pro hac vice & Thomas Paul Buser-Clancy , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, pro hac vice.

JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS, III, Attorney General of the United States, in his official capacity, KIRSTJEN M. NIELSEN, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, in her official capacity, L. FRANCIS CISSNA, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, in his official capacity & JAMES MCHENRY, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, in his official capacity, Defendants, represented by Erez Reuveni , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Christina Greer , US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL DIVISION OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION LITIGATION, Joseph Anton Darrow , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation & Joshua Samuel Press , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Immigration Litigation.

IMMIGRATION LAW PROFESSORS, Amicus, represented by Thomas K. Ragland , CLARK HILL PLC & Anjum Gupta , RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL, pro hac vice.

TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER, Amicus, represented by Paul Michael Thompson , MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP.

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, Amicus, represented by Ana C. Reyes , WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PROFESSORS, Amicus, represented by Derek Tam Ho , KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, HAWAII, ILLINOIS, IOWA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, OREGON, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, VIRGINIA & WASHINGTON, Amicuss, represented by Stephanie Litos , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

On December 19, 2018, the Court issued an Order vacating several policies promulgated by the Attorney General in Matter of A-B-, 27 I. & N. Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018), a precedential immigration decision, and subsequent guidance issued by the Department...

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