Mejia v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
868 F.3d 1118 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 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))
Relies on Dhital v. Mukasey · Alphonsus v. Holder · M-A-M
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the IJ determines that the applicant is incompetent, the IJ must employ procedural safeguards and 'articulate his or her reasoning' for doing so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Salgado v. Sessions“the inability to understand and respond to questions, the inability to stay on topic, or a high level of distraction,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Salgado v. Sessions
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.