On October 11, 2016, the United States Supreme Court granted Hilliard's petition for a writ of certiorari to determine if a Mexican citizen standing in Mexico has protections against being wrongly shot by a border patrol agent standing in the United States. Hilliard presented oral arguments to the Court on behalf of the Hernández family on February 21, 2017.[1][2][28] The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Fifth Circuit's decision and remanded the case.