Pereira v. Sessions | |
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Argued April 23–, 2018 Decided June 21, 2018 | |
Full case name | Pereira v. Sessions, Attorney General |
Citations | 17-459 U.S. 585 (more) |
Reargument | Reargument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch |
Concurrence | Kennedy |
Dissent | Alito |
Pereira v. Sessions, Attorney General, no. 17-459, 585 U.S (2018), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding immigration. In an 8-1 majority, the Court reversed a lower court’s decision by ruling that a Notice to Appear which does not inform a noncitizen when and where to appear for a removal proceeding is not valid under 8 U.S. Code § 1229(b) and therefore does not trigger the stop-time rule which is used to calculate the ten year continuous presence requirement for non-lawful permanent residents.[1] The majority opinion was authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor while the dissent was authored by Justice Samuel Alito.