Supreme Court narrows window for immigrants to challenge deportation orders [View all]
Source: Courthouse News Service
June 26, 2025
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court ruled against an immigrant seeking to challenge his potential deportation over fears of persecution in his home country on Thursday, finding he filed his challenge well beyond the deadline for a final removal order.
In a 5-4 decision, the high court found that Jamaican immigrant Pierre Riley should have petitioned the Board of Immigration Appeals within 30 days of a “final administrative review order” by the Department of Homeland Security, rather than 30 days after the immigration board denied him relief under the Convention Against Torture.
Justice Samuel Alito, a George H. W. Bush appointee, wrote in the majority opinion that the decision remands the case to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and will not immediately open the door to Riley’s deportation.
“We hold that a BIA order in a withholding-only proceeding is not a ‘final order of removal,’ and therefore the 30-day filing deadline cannot be satisfied by filing a petition for review within 30 days of the BIA’s withholding-only order,” Alito wrote.
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