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
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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