Mathis v. United States

Holding that a court employing the categorical approach "looks to a limited class of documents"

Descamps v. United States

Holding that courts "may look only to the statutory definitions—i.e ., the elements—of a defendant’s prior offenses"

Shepard v. U.S.

Holding that courts may consult "the charging document . . . or . . . some comparable judicial record of this information"

INS v. Yueh-Shaio Yang

Holding that once an agency announces and follows a general policy, "an irrational departure from that policy (as opposed to an avowed alteration of it) could constitute action that must be overturned as 'arbitrary, capricious, [or] an abuse of discretion' within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act"

Jordan v. De George

Holding that defrauding the United States of tax on distilled spirits is a serious crime involving moral turpitude

U.S. v. Stavroulakis

Holding that a defendant who traffics in blank stolen checks intends to victimize banks because the checks eventually would be presented to a drawee bank with a forged signature

U.S. v. Archer

Concluding that where one party must "prove a negative," the opposing party "assume a burden of production of evidence that presents at least a triable issue as to the fact at issue," at which point the party responsible for proving the negative assumes the burden of persuasion

U.S. v. Helmsley

Holding that restitution under the VWPA to the Internal Revenue Service and the State of New York was proper

Flores-Molina v. Sessions

Finding giving false information to an official during an investigation in violation of a city ordinance to not be a CIMT because the statement does not have to be material nor does it have to be given with the intent to cause harm or obtain benefit

Matthews v. Barr

Rejecting petitioner’s argument that following Esquivel-Quintana the court should reconsider affording Chevron deference to the BIA’s interpretation of a "crime of child abuse" under the INA

Section 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

Requiring proof of an "act to effect the object of the conspiracy"

Section 1101 - Definitions

Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

Section 1229a - Removal proceedings

Granting a noncitizen the right to file one motion to reopen and providing that “the motion to reopen shall be filed within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal”

Section 1229b - Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status

Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”

Section 1546 - Fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents

Penalizing false statement in immigration documents

Section 1324d - Civil penalties for failure to depart

Providing civil penalties for similar conduct

Section 280.53 - Civil monetary penalties inflation adjustment