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872 F.3d 713 · 2017

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
January 2024
most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · Yohey v. Collins · LOZADA · Yu Zhao v. Gonzales · Gomez-Palacios 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “state the reasons for the motion by specifying the errors of fact or law in the prior Board decision and shall be supported by pertinent authority.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “The decision to grant or deny a motion to reopen or reconsider is within the discretion of the Board ....”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “even if the party moving has made out a prima facie case for relief.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.