Holding that "[b]y its plain terms, felony battery in violation of Florida Statute § 784.041 requires the use of physical force" and therefore constitutes a "crime of violence" for ACCA purposes
Holding that the BIA erred in finding that there was a categorical match between the Oklahoma statute and the INA because the Oklahoma statute prohibited at least two substances that are not on any federal schedule
Holding that federal law punishing as a felony a "small amount" of marijuana, defined as thirty grams, is a categorical mismatch to New York's law, which overbroadly punished as a felony only twenty-five grams of marijuana
Reviewing a BIA decision de novo because the BIA was not entitled to deference for its interpretation of Supreme Court guidance on the categorical approach
8 U.S.C. § 1229a Cited 6,400 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”
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"