Pascua v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.3d 316 · 2011
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a 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 Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Najmabadi v. Holder · Abebe v. Mukasey · Andia v. Ashcroft · Medina-Morales v. Ashcroft
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“effectively converts the alien's [removal] proceedings into admissibility proceedings, where the firearms offenses (which do not bar admissibility) become irrelevant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Romo v. Barr“Even an alien who is removable for a firearms conviction is eligible for adjustment of status if the alien presents an approved I-130.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Romo 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.