Mezo v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
615 F.3d 616 · 2010
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 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))
Relies on Iturribarria v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · LOZADA · Oscar Socop-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Stanislav Iavorski v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service · Borges v. Gonzales
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the petitioner's lack of notice of the filing requirement; (2) the petitioner's lack of constructive knowledge of the filing requirement; (3) diligence in pursuing one's rights; (4) absence of prejudice to the respondent; and (5) the petitioner's reasonableness in remaining ignorant of the legal requirement for filing his claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lorenzo v. Barr“[d]ue diligence requires an alien to prove that the delay in filing the motion to reopen was due to `an exceptional circumstance beyond his control.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lorenzo v. Barr“permit [an untimely] reopening when the alien demonstrates that she received ineffective assistance of counsel and was prejudiced thereby.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lorenzo v. Barr
How this case has been treated — in progress
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