Sandeep Kumar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
January 17, 2025·23-308·Published·By Raj Patel
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order withdrawing a previously filed opinion and dissent in this immigration case. The court replaced the withdrawn opinion with a memorandum disposition and denied a petition for panel rehearing as moot.
This case involved a petition for review of an immigration matter. The court had previously filed an opinion and dissent on August second, two thousand and twenty-four, which is now withdrawn.
The court’s reasoning
The court issued an order to withdraw the opinion and dissent filed on August second, two thousand and twenty-four. The order states that the withdrawn opinion may not be cited as precedent to any court. A memorandum disposition resolving the matter was filed concurrently with this order. The court also denied the petition for panel rehearing as moot.
What it means going forward
The withdrawal of the opinion means it cannot be used as legal precedent in future cases. The case is resolved through a memorandum disposition, and no further petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc may be filed.
