PATEL v. GARLAND

No. 20-979.

142 S.Ct. 1614 (2022)

596 U.S. 328

Pankajkumar S. PATEL, et al., Petitioners, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Fleming, Boston, MA, for petitioners.

Austin L. Raynor for respondent in support of petitioners.

Taylor A. R. Meehan, appointed by this Court as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent in support of petitioners.

Mark C. Fleming, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, Justin M. Baxenberg, Joss A. Berteaud, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington DC, Margaret T. Artz, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Greenwich Street, New York, NY, Ira J. Kurzban, Counsel of Record, Helena Tetzeli, John P. Pratt, Edward F. Ramos, Kevin A. Gregg, Elizabeth Montano, Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt P.A., Coral Gables, FL, Thomas G. Sprankling, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for petitioners.


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