Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. United States Department of Homeland Security
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision in Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. United States Department of Homeland Security, filed 2026-08-18, docket 25-1512. Published appellate decision — binding precedent in its circuit. The court published no summary with this decision; read the opinion for its holding.
What this means
- A court decision binds according to the court that issued it, and can be stayed, narrowed, or reversed on appeal. Check the docket before relying on it. (classification: court_decision)
Derived from this event’s own recorded fields — not written by a model, and not an interpretation of anyone’s case.
Who is affected
This document does not state in structured terms who is affected. Read the original for scope.
Assembled from the source document, not from anyone's individual circumstances. Whether a change applies to a specific person depends on facts this platform does not have. This is data context, not legal advice.
- A published appellate decision is binding precedent in its own circuit. Other circuits may hold differently, and the Supreme Court may resolve the split.
- A decision's reach can change: appeals, stays, and rehearings all alter what it means in practice. Check the docket before relying on it.
- The court published no summary; this event reports the court, date, docket, and precedential status only. Read the opinion for its holding.
- ImmigrationClock reports decisions that establish or change immigration law. Routine individual petitions, asylum appeals, visa denials, and detainee cases are deliberately excluded — we report the legal rule, not the people in a case.