No. 23-1270October Term 2024Decided Jun 26, 2025
Pierre Yassue Nashun Riley, Petitioner v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General
The Supreme Court ruled that the 30-day deadline for filing a petition for review of a removal order is a mandatory claims-processing rule rather than a jurisdictional requirement, meaning it can be waived or forfeited.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Jun 26, 2025
- What it's about
The Supreme Court ruled that the 30-day deadline for filing a petition for review of a removal order is a mandatory claims-processing rule rather than a jurisdictional requirement, meaning it can be waived or forfeited. The Court also determined that a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying Convention Against Torture relief in a withholding-only proceeding does not constitute a final order of removal for triggering this deadline.
Question presented
1. Is 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1)’s 30-day deadline jurisdictional, or merely a mandatory claims-processing rule that can be waived or forfeited? 2. Can a person obtain review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision in a withholding-only proceeding by filing a petition within 30 days of that decision?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Decision released Jun 26, 2025
- Area
Immigration
Timing
Decided June 26, 2025
The Court released its decision 94 days after oral argument on March 24, 2025. The median for cases argued in March is 83 days.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 31, 2026
- Method
- Methodology
Primary materials8
Supreme Court docket 23-1270
docket | Mar 31, 2026
Primary case document
Supreme Court document | Mar 31, 2026
CourtListener docket record
docket | Mar 31, 2026
Questions Presented
brief | Mar 31, 2026
opinion
opinion | Jun 26, 2025
Riley
opinion | Jun 26, 2025
Oral Arguments - Riley
audio | Mar 24, 2025
Petition
brief | May 31, 2024