Ramirez-Matias v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.3d 322 · 2015
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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 Makhoul v. Ashcroft · American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh · Jianli Chen v. Holder · Elysee v. Gonzales · Ayeni 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'transform an unreviewable issue of fact into a reviewable issue of law' by the simple expedient of cloaking what is essentially a factual claim in the raiment of constitutional or legal error.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a failure to present developed argumentation to the BIA on a particular theory amounts to a failure to exhaust administrative remedies as to that theory.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n determining whether a petitioner has raised a colorable constitutional claim or question of law, substance must triumph over form.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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