Hernandez-Castillo v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
875 F.3d 199 · 2017
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229 (§ 239 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Ali v. Gonzales · Ekimian v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Gomez-Palacios v. Holder · Reyes Mata v. Lynch · Calle-Vujiles v. Ashcroft
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an in absentia removal order should not be revoked on the grounds that an alien failed to actually receive the required statutory notice of his removal hearing when the alien's failure to receive actual notice was due to his neglect of his obligation to keep the immigration court apprised of his current mailing address.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[S]o long as [the Board's decision] is not capricious, racially invidious, utterly without foundation in the evidence, or otherwise so irrational that it is arbitrary rather than the result of any perceptible rational approach,' we must affirm the Board's decision.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e review BIA denials of [motions to reopen] under a 'highly deferential abuse-of-discretion standard.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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