John Doe v. Mattis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “A fundamental attribute of United States citizenship is a right to remain in this country and to return after leaving.” (cleaned up)
• “irreparable injury” where plaintiff would be “involuntarily (and irreversibly) handed over to Country B in violation of his constitutional rights”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Nancy Huisha-Huisha v. Alejandro Mayorkas
  D.C. Circuit· 2022-03-04· cited 31×
• Bozgoz v. James
  District of Columbia· 2020-08-14
• In the Matter of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Execution Protocol Cases
  District of Columbia· 2020-09-20
• Turner v. U.S. Agency for Global Media
  District of Columbia· 2020-11-20
• Fredericks v. United States Department of the Interior
  District of Columbia· 2021-07-02
• Goh v. U.S. Department of State
  District of Columbia· 2021-09-09
• Huisha-Huisha v. Gaynor
  District of Columbia· 2021-09-16
• Abdulsalam Ali Al-Hela v. Joseph Biden (REISSUED)
  D.C. Circuit· 2023-04-12
• State Farm Mutual v. Tri-Borough
  Second Circuit· 2024-10-24
• J.G.G. v. Trump
  District of Columbia· 2025-04-16
• J.G.G. v. Donald Trump
  D.C. Circuit· 2025-08-08
• L.G.M.L v. Noem
  District of Columbia· 2025-09-18
• Kelly v. Hegseth
  District of Columbia· 2026-02-12
• L.C. v. Trump
  District of Columbia· 2026-05-13
• Dscc v. Trump
  District of Columbia· 2026-05-28

Cites

51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mathews v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2008-11-12· cited 11,986×
• Nken v. Holder
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-22· cited 3,500×
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-25· cited 2,984×
• Mazurek v. Armstrong
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-16· cited 2,432×
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-28· cited 1,441×
• Munaf v. Geren
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-12· cited 1,360×
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.
  Supreme Court· 1959-04-06· cited 1,043×
• Sessions v. Dimaya
  Supreme Court· 2018-04-17· cited 942×
• Landon v. Plasencia
  Supreme Court· 1982-11-15· cited 890×
• Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. England
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-07-07· cited 634×
• Blackmer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1932-02-15· cited 403×
• Ex Parte Quirin
  Supreme Court· 1942-10-29· cited 402×
• Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 392×
• Bond v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-16· cited 327×
• United States v. Alvarez-Machain
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 323×
• Collins v. Loisel
  Supreme Court· 1922-05-29· cited 292×
• Perkins v. Elg
  Supreme Court· 1939-05-29· cited 266×
• Pursuing America's Greatness v. Federal Election Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 2016-08-02· cited 229×
• Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers
  Supreme Court· 2018-02-21· cited 199×