Gordillo v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
640 F.3d 700 · 2011
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on LOZADA · Harchenko v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh · Pervaiz v. Gonzales · Marin-Rodriguez v. Holder
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[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“the mere passage of time-even a lot of time-before an alien files a motion to reopen does not necessarily mean she was not diligent”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lorenzo v. Barr
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.