Lopez v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.3d 484 · 2016
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 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 Shepard v. United States · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · Descamps v. United States · Moncrieffe v. Holder · 23 I. & N. Dec. 270 - Y-L
Most-quoted passages
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“the public official, prior to the activity constituting torture, ha[d] awareness of such activity and thereafter breach[ed] his or her legal responsibility to intervene to prevent such activity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“denial of CAT deferral under the highly deferential substantial evidence test and will reverse only if the record evidence compels a contrary conclusion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“CAT protection requires evidence that the Petitioner will be tortured by the government, or with the government's acquiescence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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