Today the Supreme Court denied certiorari in two notable cases from the Third Circuit, Langbord v. Dept. of Treasury (the en banc gold-coins case) and Castro v. DHS (the case about whether federal courts will hear claims raised by petitioners seized on U.S. soil after recent illegal entry).

The denial in Langbord is no big surprise, but the Castro petitioners had amassed powerful support.

The Court also denied the Commonwealth’s petition for cert challenging the Third Circuit’s grant of habeas corpus relief in Brown v. Superintendent.