Reyes Mata v. Lynch

Reyes Mata v. Lynch
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 29, 2015 Decided June 15, 2015
Full case name	Noel Reyes Mata, Petitioner v. Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General
Docket no.	14-185
Citations	576 U.S. 143 (more) 135 S. Ct. 2150; 192 L. Ed. 2d 225
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Board of Immigration Appeals order no. A200 723 795; appeal denied, Reyes Mata v. Holder, 558 F. App'x 366 (5th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 1039 (2015).
Holding
The court of appeals has jurisdiction to review the Board of Immigration Appeals rejection of a motion to reopen. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Kagan, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor
Dissent	Thomas

Reyes Mata v. Lynch, 576 U.S. 143 (2015), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the federal courts of appeals have jurisdiction to review the orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals to reject motions to reopen.