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Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr

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Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr
Argued December 9, 2019
Decided March 23, 2020
Full case nameGuerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr
Docket no.18-776
Citations589 U.S. ___ (more)
140 S. Ct. 1062; 206 L. Ed. 2d 271
ArgumentOral argument
Opinion announcementOpinion announcement
Case history
Prior
  • Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Sessions, 737 F. App'x 230 (5th Cir. 2018)
  • Ovalles v. Holder, 577 F.3d 288 (5th Cir. 2009); Ovalles v. Sessions, 741 F. App'x 259 (5th Cir. 2018)
  • Cert. granted, 139 S. Ct. 2766 (2019)
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Case opinions
MajorityBreyer, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh
DissentThomas, joined by Alito (all but Part II–A–1)

Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr, 589 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case. The question before the Court was, "Is a request for equitable tolling, as it applies to statutory motions to reopen, judicially reviewable as a question of law?"[1]

Decision

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In a 7–2 decision written by Justice Breyer, the court ruled that the request for equitable tolling was judicially reviewable as a question of law, the court vacated and remanded the case.[2]

Dissent

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References

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  1. ^ "Court documents" (PDF). www.supremecourt.gov. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr, No. 18-776, 589 U.S. ___ (2020).
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