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885 F.3d 862 · 2018

Citation profile

22
cited by 22 later decisions
March 2025
most recently cited

3 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez · Descamps v. United States · Johnson v. United States · Johnson v. United States · 195 L. Ed. 2d 604 - Mathis v. United States

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “However, in certain circumstances, there may be limited exceptions to this rule. Even if there is a reversible error in the BIA's analysis, affirmance may be warranted 'where there is no realistic possibility that, absent the errors, the ... BIA would have reached a different conclusion.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Judicial review of a final removal order is only available if 'the alien has exhausted all administrative remedies available to the alien as of right.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “An alien fails to exhaust his administrative remedies with respect to an issue when the issue is not raised in the first instance before the BIA.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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