Urias-Orellana v. Bondi

Judgment Issued.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Jackson, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

The Immigration and Nationality Act requires application of the substantial-evidence standard to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ agency’s determination whether a given set of undisputed facts rises to the level of persecution under 8 U. S. C. §1101(a)(42)(A). [607 U.S. 537]

Argued. For petitioners: Nicholas Rosellini, San Francisco, Cal. For respondent: Joshua Dos Santos, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioners Douglas Humberto Urias-Orellana, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Electronic record received from the Board of Immigration Appeals on file with the Clerk.

Electronic record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and on file with the Clerk.

CIRCULATED

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 1, 2025.

Brief of respondent Pamela Bondi, Att'y Gen. filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.

Brief amici curiae of Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges filed. (Corrected)

Amici brief of Former Executive Office for Immigration Review Judges not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - September 9, 2025)

Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law Professors filed.

Brief amici curiae of Immigration Law and International Human Rights Law Scholars filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Rights filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Nancy Morawetz filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Gateways, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioners Douglas Humberto Urias-Orellana, et al. filed.

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.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Douglas Humberto Urias-Orellana, et al.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 9, 2025.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.