Dada v. Mukasey

Dada v. Mukasey
Dada v. Mukasey
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 7, 2008; Decided June 16, 2008
Full case name	Samson Taiwo Dada, Petitioner v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General
Docket no.	06-1181
Citations	554 U.S. 1 (more) 128 S. Ct. 2307; 171 L. Ed. 2d 178
Case history
Prior	207 F. App'x 425 (5th Cir. 2006); cert. granted, 551 U.S. 1188 (2007).
Subsequent	288 F. App'x 981 (5th Cir. 2008)
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia; Anthony Kennedy · David Souter; Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Kennedy, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent	Scalia, joined by Roberts, Thomas
Dissent	Alito

Dada v. Mukasey, 554 U.S. 1 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case involving deportation procedures.^[1]

Background

Samson T. Dada was a citizen of Nigeria who had married an American citizen. When immigration officials tried to deport him for overstaying his visa, he appealed, claiming his marriage entitled him to remain in the United States.^[2] The Court ruled, in a 5–4 decision, that complying with a deportation order did not strip an immigrant of the right to appeal that deportation order.^[3]

Opinion of the Court

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer. Justice Antonin Scalia was joined by Justices John Roberts and Clarence Thomas in his dissent. Justice Samuel Alito wrote a separate dissent.^[4]

References

^ "Court to Hear Challenge From Muslims Held After 9/11". New York Times. June 17, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ "Dada v. Mukasey (06-1181)". Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ "Tribunal decisions". tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ Dada v. Mukasey, 554 U.S. 1 (2008).