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Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins vs. Mullin v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services
No. 25-1223No. 26-239
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| Fact | Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios, Petitioner v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. | Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services |
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| Docket | Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios, Petitioner v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.25-1223 | Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services26-239 |
| Status | Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios, Petitioner v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.Before Arguments | Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal ServicesBefore Arguments |
| Date | Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios, Petitioner v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.Argued Jan 11, 2027 | Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal ServicesOctober Term 2026 (2026–2027) |
| Question presented | Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios, Petitioner v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.Whether, under EAJA, "any civil action" encompasses an action seeking a writ of habeas corpus to challenge civil immigration detention? | Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services1. Whether Presidential Proclamation No. 10,888, 90 Fed. Reg. 8333 (Jan. 29, 2025), and its implementing guidance — which suspended the entry of certain aliens and precluded their access to statutory provisions that would enable their continued presence in the country, including asylum — are lawful. 2. Whether 8 U.S.C. 1252(f )(1) bars the classwide relief entered by the district court. 3. Whether the class definition comports with Article III and Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. |
| Summary | Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios, Petitioner v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al.This 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. | Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal ServicesMullin and other federal officials ask whether a 2025 proclamation lawfully suspended some noncitizens’ entry and blocked access to asylum and other laws that could let them stay, whether federal law bars group-wide relief, and whether the group was properly defined. The petition remains pending; conference distribution is not a decision to hear it. |
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