SCOTUS 26A406: Jackson sets Monday response on third-country removals
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked respondents to answer by 4 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 28, on the administration’s emergency stay application in DHS v. D.V.D., leaving Judge Murphy’s third-country removal limits in force over the weekend.
The Supreme Court docket for application 26A406 shows Justice Jackson requested a response by 4 p.m. EDT on September 28 after the Justice Department sought a stay—and an immediate administrative stay—of orders limiting third-country deportations, SCOTUSblog and the Court’s public docket confirm.
No Friday administrative stay grant or denial was posted; removals to third countries without the notice and fear-screening process required by lower courts remain constrained while briefing proceeds. The government argues cancelled removal flights create diplomatic and public-safety costs.
Civil-rights groups say the policy strands people in unstable states. Accounts agree Monday’s response deadline is the next hard docket beat; they diverge on whether the full Court will later restore operational latitude.
Where outlets agree The Court docket and SCOTUSblog agree Jackson set a Sept. 28 response deadline and no stay has issued yet.
Where they differ Whether an administrative stay arrives before or after the response remains open.