Case Law

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

21 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

12 August 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - HIV and AIDS - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

1 July 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Naturalization | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted November 6, 2001 Pasadena, California

20 June 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted: April 5, 2002 - Pasadena, California

25 April 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Submitted: June 4, 2001; Filed: December 17, 2001 He was charged with illegally entering, attempting to enter, and being found in the United States after a prior deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). After a jury found him guilty, his sentence was enhanced from 18 to 84 months on the basis of his having previously committed "aggravated felonies"

17 December 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Argued: November 7, 2001; Filed: December 4, 2001 Whether a brief hiatus in otherwise continuous observation of a deported alien reentering the country is sufficient to establish that the alien was free from official restraint

4 December 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Argued: June 12, 2001; Filed October 10, 2001 Whether the district court erred in classifying his prior conviction as an aggravated felony when enhancing his sentence.

10 October 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Conviction and sentence of defendant confirmed.

4 April 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Illegal entry | Countries: Mexico - United States of America