Iouri v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
487 F.3d 76 · 2006
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably Sandie v. Attorney General of United States (2009), Jiang v. Gonzales (2007)
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252B (§ 242b of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (§ 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Zhang v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service · Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Twum v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Desta v. Ashcroft · Wu Biao Chen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Voluntary departure is an alternative to removal (as deportation is now called) that the immigration service may grant in its discretion. An alien who has been granted this privilege is entitled to leave the country at her own expense within a certain period of time (usually up to 60 days). For the government, voluntary departure expedites and reduces the cost of removal. For aliens, voluntary departure is desirable because it allows them to choose their own destination points, to put their affairs in order without fear of being taken into custody at any time, to avoid the stigma and various penalties associated with forced removals (including extended detention while the government procures the necessary travel documents and ineligibility for readmission for a period of five or ten years), and it facilitates the possibility of return to the United States, for example, by adjustment of status.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Attorney General may permit an alien voluntarily to depart the United States at the alien's own expense if ... the immigration judge ... finds that— (A) the alien has been physically present in the United States for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the date the notice to appear was served ...; (B) the alien is, and has been, a person of good moral character for at least 5 years immediately preceding the alien's application for voluntary departure; (C) the alien is not deportable [for having committed for having committed an aggravated felony or on security and related grounds]; and (D) the alien has established by clear and convincing evidence that the alien has the means to depart the United States and intends to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(internal quotation marks and citation omitted) ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gao v. Sessions
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.