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Arizona v. Mayorkas

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Supreme Court of the United States
Arizona v. Mayorkas
Term: 2022
Important Dates
Decided: May 18, 2023
Outcome
The case was removed from the argument calendar on February 16, 2023.[1] On May 18, 2023, the Court vacated and remanded the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, instructing it to dismiss the case as moot.
Dissenting
Ketanji Brown Jackson

Arizona v. Mayorkas was a case scheduled for argument before the Supreme Court of the United States during the court's October 2022-2023 term. The case was removed from the argument calendar on February 16, 2023. On May 18, 2023, the Court vacated and remanded the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, instructing it to dismiss the case as moot.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • The issue: The case concerned Title 42 of the Public Health Services Act and whether states are permitted to intervene to challenge the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s summary judgment order. Click here to learn more about the case's background.
  • The questions presented: “Whether the State applicants may intervene to challenge the District Court’s summary judgment order.”[2]
  • The outcome: the Court vacated and remanded the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, instructing it to dismiss the case as moot.


    • The case came on a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. To review the lower court's opinion, click here.

    Timeline

    The following timeline details key events in this case:

    Background

    Title 42 of the Public Health Services Act allows the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent individuals from coming into the United States, even if those individuals would be eligible for asylum, in order to control the spread of infectious diseases. The Trump administration used this policy during the COVID pandemic, and the Biden administration initially extended it. In April 2022, the Biden administration announced that it planned to end the policy.[3]

    Before the policy could be closed, a Louisiana federal judge ruled that the administration had not followed the correct procedures to end it, and ordered them to keep it in place. In a class-action lawsuit filed by asylum seekers in a federal district court in Washington D.C., the court ruled that Title 42 was illegal and ordered the Biden Administration to end it.[4] A number of states requested to join the case to argue against ending it. When United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected these requests, and the states went for the Supreme Court, asking that they keep Title 42 in place.[3]

    Questions presented

    The petitioner presented the following questions to the court:

    Questions presented:
    “ Whether the State

    applicants may intervene to challenge the District Court’s summary judgment order. [5]

    		”

    Oral argument

    Audio

    On February 16, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decalendared the case. The court was scheduled to hear oral arguments on March 1, 2023.

    Transcript

    On February 16, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decalendared the case. The court was scheduled to hear oral arguments on March 1, 2023.

    Outcome

    On May 18, 2023, the Court vacated and remanded the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, instructing it to dismiss the case as moot.

    October term 2022-2023

    See also: Supreme Court cases, October term 2022-2023

    The Supreme Court began hearing cases for the term on October 3, 2022. The court's yearly term begins on the first Monday in October and lasts until the first Monday in October the following year. The court generally releases the majority of its decisions in mid-June.[6]


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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "For the Session Beginning February 21, 2023," February 16, 2023
    2. ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, "22-592 ARIZONA V. MAYORKAS," January 18, 2023
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 SCOTUSblog, "States ask Supreme Court to keep Title 42 border policy in effect," December 19, 2022
    4. ↑ Oyes, "Arizona v. Mayorkas," February 21, 2023
    5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    6. ↑ SupremeCourt.gov, "The Supreme Court at Work: The Term and Caseload," accessed January 24, 2022
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