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In re Silva-Trevino

Interim Decision #3875 (B.I.A. 2016)
In re Silva-Trevino

42 Cited authorities

  1. Mathis v. United States

    136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016)   Cited 4,440 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court employing the categorical approach "looks to a limited class of documents"

  2. Shepard v. U.S.

    544 U.S. 13 (2005)   Cited 4,273 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts may consult "the charging document . . . or . . . some comparable judicial record of this information"

  3. Taylor v. United States

    495 U.S. 575 (1990)   Cited 5,291 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the term "burglary" as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act was to be given its "generic, contemporary meaning" to avoid a scenario in which "a person ... would, or would not, receive a sentence enhancement based on exactly the same conduct, depending on whether the State of his prior conviction happened to call that conduct ‘burglary’ "

  4. Moncrieffe v. Holder

    569 U.S. 184 (2013)   Cited 1,380 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sharing marijuana not an aggravated felony

  5. Nijhawan v. Holder

    557 U.S. 29 (2009)   Cited 591 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute requires "a circumstance-specific approach" where it refers to "conduct involved 'in' the commission of the offense of conviction, rather than to the elements of the offense"

  6. U.S. v. Grisel

    488 F.3d 844 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 237 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where "a state statute explicitly defines a crime more broadly than the generic definition, no ‘legal imagination,’ is required to hold that a realistic probability exists that the state will apply its statute to conduct that falls outside the generic definition of the crime" (citing Duenas-Alvarez , 549 U.S. at 193, 127 S.Ct. 815 )

  7. Jean-Louis v. Att'y Gen. U.S.

    582 F.3d 462 (3d Cir. 2009)   Cited 81 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding the "realistic probability" test inapplicable where the statute's "elements ... are clear, and the ability of the government to prosecute a defendant under [the statute] is not disputed"

  8. Mahn v. Attorney Gen. of the U.S.

    767 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2014)   Cited 49 times
    Concluding Pennsylvania's reckless endangerment crime is not a CIMT because it “only requires conduct that may put a person in danger”

  9. Mercado v. Lynch

    823 F.3d 276 (5th Cir. 2016)   Cited 45 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Explaining our rule of orderliness

  10. Chavez-Solis v. Lynch

    803 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2015)   Cited 45 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding that "pattern jury instructions are a useful tool" in assessing statutes

  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,762 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

  12. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,942 times   71 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  13. Section 2243 - Sexual abuse of a minor, a ward, or an individual in Federal custody

    18 U.S.C. § 2243   Cited 640 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Providing for a 15-year maximum sentence but not covering attempts

  14. Section 1240.8 - Burdens of proof in removal proceedings

    8 C.F.R. § 1240.8   Cited 312 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Applying "clearly and beyond doubt" burden to "proceedings commenced upon a respondent's arrival" or "[a]liens present in the United States without being admitted"

  15. Section 1212.7 - Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility

    8 C.F.R. § 1212.7   Cited 53 times
    Applying the same standard to waivers under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h)