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Cite as:  588 U. S. ____ (2019) 

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SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 19A230 
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WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. 
EAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATION FOR STAY 

[September 11, 2019] 

The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and 
by her referred to the Court is granted.  The district court’s 
July 24, 2019 order granting a preliminary injunction and
September 9, 2019 order restoring the nationwide scope of 
the injunction are stayed in full pending disposition of the 
Government’s appeal in the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of the Government’s
petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is sought.  If a 
writ of certiorari is sought and the Court denies the peti-
tion, this order shall terminate automatically.  If the Court 
grants the petition for a writ of certiorari, this order shall 
terminate when the Court enters its judgment. 

JUSTICE  SOTOMAYOR,  with  whom  JUSTICE  GINSBURG 

joins, dissenting from grant of stay. 

Once again the Executive Branch has issued a rule that
seeks  to  upend  longstanding  practices  regarding  refugees
who seek shelter from persecution.  Although this Nation
has long kept its doors open to refugees—and although the
stakes for asylum seekers could not be higher—the Govern-
ment implemented its rule without first providing the pub-
lic notice and inviting the public input generally required
by  law.  After  several  organizations  representing  immi-
grants sued to stop the rule from going into effect, a federal 
district  court  found  that  the  organizations  were  likely  to
prevail and preliminarily enjoined the rule nationwide.  A