Gutierrez v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
834 F.3d 800 · 2016
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 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. § 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 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · M-E-V-G · W-G-R · Tapiero De Orejuela v. Gonzales · Cece 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the status of being a member of a group made up of individuals deported from the United States who, having lived in this country for many years, either have money or are believed to have money and have long-established ties to this country, and who for any of these reasons might be able to pay ransom, nevertheless can’t be deemed members of a “social group” authorized to obtain relief from deportation because of threats to the life or safety of the group’s members.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Rivera v. Lynch“random incidents of violence against [the claimant's] family members [that] happened years apart and are unrelated and not connected in any way to the [claimant].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gamero 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.