Sorcia v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
643 F.3d 117 · 2011
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1631 · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 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 & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · Fedaa al Najjar Mazen al Najjar v. John Ashcroft Attorney General US Department of Justice · Bonhometre v. Gonzales · MARIN · Hernandez 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[j]urisdiction vests, and proceedings before an Immigration Judge commence, when a charging document is filed with the Immigration Court by the Service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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