Immigration,
Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 30, 2018
Stanford students secure reversal at 9th Circuit regarding deportation of convicted carjackers
The government may not deport noncitizens convicted in California of carjacking as perpetrators of crimes of violence, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, declaring a 2010 decision by the court stating otherwise bad law.
Carjacking cannot be considered a violent crime as grounds for deporting noncitizen perpetrators, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday, declaring that a 2010 decision by the court stating otherwise was bad law.
In an opinion written by Judge Susan P. Graber, the panel said that a prior decision by the court, Nieves-Medrano v. Holder, 590 F.3d 1057, 1058 (9th Cir. 2010), which held that carjacking was indeed a ...
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