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Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement vs. Matthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos vs. In Re Gerald Nelson, Petitioner

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No. 25-1223No. 25-1415No. 25-6193

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Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement vs. Matthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos vs. In Re Gerald Nelson, Petitioner, compared fact by fact
FactKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementMatthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-CamposIn Re Gerald Nelson, Petitioner
DocketKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement25-1223Matthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos25-1415In Re Gerald Nelson, Petitioner25-6193
StatusKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementBefore ArgumentsMatthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-CamposBefore ArgumentsIn Re Gerald Nelson, PetitionerBefore Arguments
DateKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementOctober Term 2025 (2025–2026)Matthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-CamposOctober Term 2025 (2025–2026)In Re Gerald Nelson, PetitionerOctober Term 2025 (2025–2026)
Question presentedKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementWhether, under EAJA, "any civil action" encompasses an action seeking a writ of habeas corpus to challenge civil immigration detention?Matthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos1. Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) mandates the detention pending removal proceedings of aliens who, like respondents, are present in the United States without having been admitted? 2. Whether detaining respondents without a bond hearing during their removal proceedings comports with due process?In Re Gerald Nelson, Petitioner1. According to the principles established in In re Winn, 213 U.S. 458 (1909), is a writ of mandamus the appropriate remedy for compelling a Circuit court to remand a case to state court when the removal was improper? 2. Under the well-pleaded complaint rule articulated in Caterpillar INC. v. Williams, 482 U.S. 386 (1987), can an employer and union successfully remove a case to federal court if their only argument for federal jurisdiction is a defense of complete preemption under section 301 of the LMRA? 3. What are the jurisdictional boundaries between state and federal courts for section 301 labor cases, as defined by concurrent jurisdiction recognized in Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney 368 U.S. 502 (1962)? 4. Does intentional misrepresentation, false and misleading statements to establish original jurisdiction meet the high bar for proving fraud upon the court, or is it a lesser form of misconduct?
SummaryKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementThis case asks whether a person who wins a habeas corpus challenge to civil immigration detention may recover attorney’s fees and costs from the federal government under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The Court will decide whether such a habeas case counts as a “civil action” under that law.Matthew Putra, Director of the Detroit Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement v. Juan Manuel Lopez-CamposThis pending case concerns whether federal immigration law requires immigration officials to detain certain noncitizens who are in the United States without formal admission while their removal cases are pending. It also asks whether holding those individuals without a bond hearing during those proceedings violates the Constitution's due process guarantee.In Re Gerald Nelson, PetitionerGerald Nelson asks the Supreme Court to review whether a federal circuit court should have ordered a case returned to state court after its removal to federal court. The petition raises questions about federal jurisdiction over labor claims under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, the availability of mandamus to require remand, and alleged misrepresentations concerning jurisdiction.

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