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Dismissing as moot the challenge to Executive Order No. 13,780, decision by published per curiam order. Judge Niemeyer concurred in part and dissented in part from the order dismissing as moot, in which Judge Shedd and Judge Agee joined. ORDER PER CURIAM: The Supreme Court held, by order dated October 10, .2017, that the appeal of ou

MEMORANDUM OPINION THEODORE D. CHUANG, United States District Judge For the third time this year, President Donald J. Trump has issued an order banning the entry into the United States, with some exceptions, of nationals of multiple predominantly Muslim nations. At issue is whether this latest travel, ban should be enjoined by this Court because'it is the latest incarnatio

MEMORANDUM OPINION THEODORE D. CHUANG, United States District Judge On March 6, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order which bars, with certain exceptions, the entry to the United States of nationals of six predominantly Muslim countries, suspends the entry of refugees for 120 days, and cuts by more than half the number of refugees to be admitted to the United States in the current year

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge, with whom JUDGE THACKER joins except as to Part II.A.L, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment: I concur in the majority opinion’s analysis with respect to its conclusions: (1) that the stated “national security purpose” of the Second Executive Order1 likely fails Mandel’s “bona fide” test and violates the Establishment C

PER CURIAM. These cases involve challenges to Executive Order No. 13780, Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States. The order alters practices concerning the entry of foreign nationals *2083 into the United States by, among other things, suspending entr

THEODORE D. CHUANG, United States District Judge In 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued two Executive Orders temporarily *654banning the entry into the United States, with some exceptions, of nationals of multiple predominantly Muslim nations. These orders were followed by a Presidential Proclamation which extended the ban indefinitely as

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for further consideration in light of Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 2392, --- L.E.2d ---- (20

The Supreme Court of the United States has vacated the judgment of this court and remanded for further consideration in light of Trump v. Hawaii , --- U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 2392, 201 L.Ed.2d 775 (2018). In obedience to the man

The application for a stay presented to The CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted, and the District Court's October 17, 2017 order granting a preliminary injunction is stayed pending disposition of the Government's appeal in the United State Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and disposition of the Government's petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is sought. If a writ of certiorari is sought and the Court denies the petitio

Further consideration of motion of respondents Hawaii, et al. to add John Doe as a party to No. 16-1540 is deferred to the hearing of the case on the merits.

The parties are directed to file letter briefs addressing whether, or to what extent, the Proclamation issued on September 24, 2017, may render cases No. 16-1436 and 16-1540 moot. The parties should also address whether, or to what extent, the scheduled expiration of Sections 6(a) and 6(b) of Executive Order No. 13780 may render those aspects of case No. 16-1540 moot. The briefs, limited to 10 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served up

Motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted.

THEODORE D. CHUANG, United States District Judge Defendants ("the Government") have filed a Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Resolution of Preliminary-Injunction Appeals ("Motion to Stay") seeking a stay of Case Nos. TDC-17-2921 and TDC-17-2969 pending the United States Supreme Court's resolution of Trump v. Hawaii , No. 17-965, --- U.S. ----,

Motion of Immigration Reform Law Institute for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Motion of Citizens United, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Motion of The States of New York, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Motion of Constitutional Law Scholars for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Motion of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty for leave to file

The respondents are directed to file a response to the petition for writ of certiorari on or before 3 p.m., Monday, June 12, 2017.

TRAXLER, Circuit Judge, dissenting: I agree with my dissenting colleagues insofar as they hold that the plaintiffs lack standing to assert their claims under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Accordingly, I do not reach the merits of those claims. With regard to the plaintiffs' claim that Proclamation No. 9,645 likely violates the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution, I believe they have sta

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-1990 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT, on behalf of itself and its clients; HIAS, INC., on behalf of itself and its clients; MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., on behalf of itself and its members; ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, on behalf

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-2231 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT, a project of the Urban Justice Center, Inc., on behalf of itself and its clients; HIAS, INC., on behalf of itself and its clients; JOHN DOES #1 & 3; JANE DOE #2; MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., on behalf of itself and its membe

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-1351 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT, a project of the Urban Justice Center, Inc., on behalf of itself and its clients; HIAS, INC., on behalf of itself and its clients; MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., on behalf of itself and its members; MUHAMMED MET

LAUREL BEELER, United States Magistrate Judge *1053TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...1053 STATEMENT...1056 1. The Immigration and Nationality Act and Parole Generally...1056 2. The Complaint...1056 2.1 September-December 2014: The Creation of the CAM Parole