Calma v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
663 F.3d 868 · 2011
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Kucana v. Holder · Ngarurih v. Ashcroft · Pilica v. Ashcroft · Achacoso-Sanchez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Assaad 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“foreclosed by § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) only if the agency's rationale for denying the procedural request also establishes the petitioner's inability to prevail on the merits of his underlying claim.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Musunuru v. Lynch · Toure v. Barr“there are identifiable circumstances under which a critical procedural step in a removal proceeding ... lies within our jurisdiction even though we are barred from evaluating the [agency's] ultimate decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“this court will uphold the decision unless it was made without a rational explanation, inexplicably departed from established policies, or rested on an impermissible basis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Toure v. Barr
How this case has been treated — in progress
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