Supreme Court Grants Review in Immigration Adjacent Case

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Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog reports that the Supreme Court has granted review in The GEO Group v. Menocal, which gives the Court the opportunity “to decide whether a government contractor’s claim that it is entitled to sovereign immunity for work that it did on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement falls within what is known as the collateral order doctrine. Normally, courts of appeals can only hear appeals from final decisions by district courts. But under the collateral order doctrine, courts of appeals also have the power to rule on appeals from a narrow category of orders that do not end the litigation – for example, orders denying claims of qualified or absolute immunity.”

The case likely will center on an arcane civil procedure issue, not immigration law.

KJ