Oral argument: November 7, 2011
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Aug. 4, 2010)
AGGRAVATED FELONY, DEPORTATION, FRAUD, DECEIT, LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTThe Immigration and Naturalization Service...
immigration
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In this case, the Supreme Court will address the statutory interpretation of 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D), which determines the scope of judicial review on certain discretionary decisions. Specifically, the section states that no court has the jurisdiction...
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In the 1990s Divna Maslenjak and her family lived in the former Yugoslavia, in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. See United States v. Maslenjak, 821 F.3d 675, 680 (6th Cir. 2016). Maslenjak and her family, who are ethnic Serbs, were displaced from...
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The United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, is responsible for adding substances to and maintaining the Federal Controlled Substance Schedule. See Brief for Respondent, Eric Holder, at 2–3. Holder and the Department of Justice are also...
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Appealed from: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Oral argument: Apr. 26, 2006
Mohawk Industries has been accused of harboring and hiring illegal immigrants in violation of the RICO Act...
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Whether, when applying the categorical approach to determine whether a non-citizen should be removed, a conviction under a provision of state law that encompasses both felony...
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Petitioner Nidal Khalid Nasrallah, a native and citizen of Lebanon, entered the United States on a tourist visa in 2006 and later became a lawful permanent resident. Nasrallah v. U.S. Attorney General at 2. On November 11, 2011, the United States...
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This case involves three respondents, all who immigrated to the United States as children. Preap v. Johnson (9th Cir.) at 7–8. Respondent Mony Preap was born in a refugee camp after his family escaped the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and has been living in...
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8 U.S.C. § 1229(a) requires that noncitizens in removal proceedings be served with a notice to appear. Pereira v. Sessions at 2109. The receipt of this notice activates the stop-time rule, which prevents further accrual of time of continuous residence...
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In April 2001, Jean Marc Nken, a citizen of Cameroon, entered the United States on a transient visa, and remained in the U.S. after his visa had expired. See Brief for Respondent, Mukasey, at 3. Eight months later, in December 2001, Nken applied for...