Garcia Morales v. Bondi

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: February 18, 2026
• Docket: 25-1760
• Status: Published

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 18 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LESTER J GARCIA MORALES; SHEYLA No. 25-1760 MONROY TAY; L. J. I. G. M.; I. G. M.; J. Agency Nos. G. M., A240-533-133 A240-533-134 Petitioners, A240-533-135 A240-533-137 v. A245-371-133 PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General, ORDER Respondent.

Before: Richard A. Paez and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and Mustafa T. Kasubhai, District Judge.*

Submission for this case is vacated. The Clerk is directed to reschedule oral

argument to the week of March 23, 2026 in Pasadena, California. The Clerk shall

reschedule argument for a date convenient for the Court and parties.

The parties are ordered to file supplemental briefs of no more than fifteen

pages addressing whether the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule, 8 C.F.R.

§ 1208.33(a), is consistent the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1158.

The parties shall file their briefs no later than Friday, March 13, 2026.

* The Honorable Mustafa T. Kasubhai, United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation. The court also invites briefs from amici curiae addressing the same question

as the parties. Any person or entity wishing to file a brief as an amicus curiae in

response to this order is granted leave to do so pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate

Procedure 29(a). Briefs responding to this order shall be filed no later than Friday,

March 13, 2026 and shall not exceed fifteen pages.

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