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<td class="InfoTitle" colspan="2"><span class="DocketInfoTitle">No. 26-104 <br /></span><span
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<td width="200"><span>Title:</span></td>
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<span class="title">Philip L. Rhoney, Acting Director of the Buffalo Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Petitioner<br />
v. <br /> Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha
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<td width="200"><span>Docketed:</span></td>
<td><span>July 23, 2026</span></td>
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<td width="200"><span>Lower Ct:</span></td>
<td><span>United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit</span></td>
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<td width="200"><span> Case Numbers:</span></td>
<td><span>(25-3141)</span></td>
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<td width="200"><span> Decision Date:</span></td>
<td><span>April 28, 2026
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Jul 23 2026</td>
<td>Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 24, 2026) <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Jul 23 2026</td>
<td>Pursuant to Rule 34.6 and Paragraph 9 of the Guidelines for the Submission of Documents to the Supreme Court's Electronic Filing System, filings in this case should be submitted in paper form only, and should not be submitted through the Court's electronic filing system. <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Aug 21 2026</td>
<td>Response to petition from respondent Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha filed. <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Sep 04 2026</td>
<td>Reply of petitioner Philip L. Rhoney filed. (Distributed) <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Sep 09 2026</td>
<td>DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026. <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Sep 14 2026</td>
<td>Letter of September 14, 2026 from counsel for respondent submitted. (Distributed) <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Sep 25 2026</td>
<td>Letter of respondent Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha received. <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Oct 01 2026</td>
<td>Petition GRANTED. <br />
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<td class="ProceedingDate">Oct 01 2026</td>
<td>As Rule 34.6 provides, “If the Court schedules briefing and oral argument in a case that was governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1(c), the parties shall submit electronic versions of all prior and subsequent filings with this Court in the case, subject to [applicable] redaction rules.” Subsequent party and amicus filings in the case should now be submitted through the Court’s electronic filing system, with any necessary redactions. <br />
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Attorneys for Petitioner
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D. John Sauer<br />
<span class="ContactTitle">Counsel of Record</span><br />
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Solicitor General<br />
United States Department of Justice<br />
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br />
Washington, DC 20530-0001</span><br />
<span class="emailaddress">SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV</span><br />
<span class="phonenumber">Ph: 202-514-2217</span><br />
<span class="partyname">Party name: Federal Parties</span><br />
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Michael King Thomas Tan<br />
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American Civil Liberties Union Foundation<br />
425 California Street<br />
Suite 700<br />
San Francisco, CA 94104</span><br />
<span class="emailaddress">mtan@aclu.org</span><br />
<span class="phonenumber">Ph: (212) 549-2500</span><br />
<span class="partyname">Party name: Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha</span><br />
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Matthew Hyrum Adams<br />
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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project<br />
615 Second Avenue<br />
Suite 400<br />
Seattle, WA 98104</span><br />
<span class="emailaddress">matt@nwirp.org</span><br />
<span class="phonenumber">Ph: 206-957-8611</span><br />
<span class="partyname">Party name: Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha</span><br />
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