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TORRES v. MADRID

No. 19-292.

141 S.Ct. 989 (2021)

592 U.S. 306

Roxanne TORRES, Petitioner v. Janice MADRID, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelsi B. Corkran , Washington, DC, for the petitioner.

Rebecca Taibleson for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting vacatur and remand.

Mark D. Standridge , Las Cruces, NM, for the respondents.

Kelsi Brown Corkran , Counsel of Record, Thomas M. Bondy , Ethan P. Fallon , Sheila Baynes , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Easha Anand , Rachel G. Shalev , Abigail Colella , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, for petitioner.

Mark D. Standridge , Counsel of Record, Jarmie & Rogers, P.C., Cruces, NM, Mark D. Jarmie Jarmie & Rogers, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, Christina L. G. Brennan , James P. Sullivan , Brennan & Sullivan, PA, Santa Fe, NM, Elizabeth Anne Trickey , New Mexico Dept. of Public Safety, Santa Fe, NM, for respondents.

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