Discipio v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
417 F.3d 448 · 2005
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · Moosa v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 23 I. & N. Dec. 621 - PICKERING · Renteria-Gonzalez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Most-quoted passages
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“is silent on the effect of a vacated conviction on an alien’s immigration status, [the Fifth Circuit] should defer to the Board's” interpretation as set forth in Pickering , that substantive vacaturs are not”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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