Ali v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate ·

Most-quoted passages

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1. “a formal judgment of guilt of the alien entered by a court or, if adjudication of guilt has been withheld, where — (i) a judge or jury has found the alien guilty or the alien has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or has admitted sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilt, and (ii) the judge has ordered some form of punishment, penalty, or restraint on the alien’s liberty to be imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Estrada-Ramos v. Holder

2. “we find he has not exhausted his administrative remedies on this point. Ali has not presented his arguments to the BIA, and we cannot review these arguments now in the first instance. 37 395 F.3d at 730. Both of these cases imply that the Seventh Circuit Court would have exercised jurisdiction over the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alaka v. Attorney General of the United States

3. “[We] defer to the BIA's factual findings, reversing them only if they lack the support of substantial evidence in the record. Because the BIA affirmed the [immigration judge's]. . . determination without opinion, the [immigration judge's] opinion becomes the basis of our review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Singh v. Gonzales