( March 4, 2026, 2:33 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) says, in opposing a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), that the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s ruling vacating dismissal of a complaint challenging a federal employee speech policy would be “premature and unnecessary” under the factors established in Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich and that the ruling was “consistent with the party presentation principle” and the court’s own precedent....