Pereira v. Sessions
| Pereira v. Sessions | |
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| Argued April 23–, 2018 Decided June 21, 2018 | |
| Full case name | Wesley Fonseca Pereira v. Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General |
| Docket no. | 17-459 |
| Citations | 585 U.S. 198 (more) 138 S. ct. 2105 |
| Reargument | Reargument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Holding | |
| A Notice to Appear that 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. | |
| 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, 585 U.S 198 (2018), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding immigration. In an 8-1 majority, the Court reversed a lower court's decision by holding that a Notice to Appear that 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. The majority opinion was authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor while the dissent was authored by Justice Samuel Alito.