495 U.S. 103 (1990) Cited 749 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that, "under the circumstances, nothing would be gained" by requiring adherence to a procedural rule for preserving an argument after the trial court "in no uncertain terms" had already rejected the argument once before
Holding that district court "did not plainly err in limiting [defendant's] possession of materials depicting sexually explicit conduct because the condition furthered the goals of rehabilitating him and protecting the public where defendant was convicted of possession of child pornography and could `slip into old habits of amassing child pornography'"
Holding that § 1158(b)(B) "does not require the Attorney General to anticipate every adjudication by promulgating a regulation covering each particular crime"
Holding search of probationer's computer by probation officers was reasonable, even in absence of a search provision, when conditions on probationer's computer use reduced his expectation of privacy in his computer
Holding that "Congress's use of two different terms—‘particularly serious’ crime and ‘aggravated’ felony—is additionally indicative of substantively different meanings"
Rejecting the view that "regulation is the exclusive means by which the Attorney General can determine that a non-aggravated felony is a particularly serious crime" because, among other things, "requiring an agency to proceed by rulemaking alone could stultify the administrative process by rendering it inflexible and incapable of dealing with many of the specialized problems which arise"
Reversing where district court examined the harms Congress sought to address and "then decid[ed] the extent to which Defendant contributed to those harms"
8 U.S.C. § 1101 Cited 16,836 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
8 U.S.C. § 1231 Cited 8,019 times 13 Legal Analyses
Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver
8 U.S.C. § 1229a Cited 6,463 times 8 Legal Analyses
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”