Case Law

Argued: 15 January, 2002; Decided: 27 March, 2002

27 March 2002 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | 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

Decided: July 24, 2001 The Immigration Judge found the respondent deportable under section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(A)(iii) (1994), as an alien convicted of an aggravated assault.

24 July 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Naturalization | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Date of hearing: 8 March 2001. Date of oral decision: 8 March 2001. Date of written decision: 14 may 2001.

14 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico

14 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Sur place persecution | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Heard: April 12, 2001. Judgment: May 9, 2001. 14 paras.

8 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Countries: Canada - Mexico

Argued: 9 January, 2001; Decided: 11 April, 2001

11 April 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return | 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