Mellouli v. Holder

Decision Date30 June 2014
Docket NumberNo. 13–1034.,13–1034.
Citation573 U.S. 944,189 L.Ed.2d 831,134 S.Ct. 2873 (Mem)
Parties Moones MELLOULI, petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

573 U.S. 944
134 S.Ct. 2873 (Mem)
189 L.Ed.2d 831

Moones MELLOULI, petitioner,
v.
Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General.

No. 13–1034.

Supreme Court of the United States

June 30, 2014.


Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted.

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  • United States v. Richey
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit
    • 15 Septiembre 2014
    ...Yet it is the threshold issue in the case, and as Mellouli itself shows (certiorari granted, ––– U.S. ––––, 134 S.Ct. 2873, –––L.Ed.2d ––––, No. 13–1034, 2014 WL 796807 (June 30, 2014)) some important questions are less academic than they might at first appear. This threshold question undou......
  • Mellouli v. Lynch
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 1 Junio 2015
    ... ... Ibid. An alien's actual conduct is irrelevant to the inquiry, as the adjudicator must " presume that the conviction rested upon nothing more than the least of the acts criminalized" under the state statute. Moncrieffe v. Holder, 569 U.S. , , 133 S.Ct. 1678, 16841685, 185 L.Ed.2d 727 (2013) (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted). 4 The categorical approach "has a long pedigree in our Nation's immigration law." Id., at , 133 S.Ct., at 1685. As early as 1913, courts examining the federal immigration statute ... ...
  • In re Dominguez-Rodriguez
    • United States
    • U.S. DOJ Board of Immigration Appeals
    • 18 Septiembre 2014
    ... ... Moncrieffe v. Holder, 133 S. Ct. 1678 (2013), distinguished. Matter of Davey, 26 I&N Dec. 37 (BIA 2012), reaffirmed.FOR RESPONDENT: Pro seFOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ... not apply to the determination whether an offense is one "relating to a controlled substance" under section 237(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Act); Mellouli v. Holder, 719 F.3d 995, 1001 (8th Cir. 2013) (distinguishing Moncrieffe and agreeing with Matter of Davey that the "possession for personal use" ... ...
  • Mach Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • 30 Junio 2014
    ...573 U.S. 944134 S.Ct. 2872 (Mem)189 L.Ed.2d 831MACH MINING, LLC, petitioner,v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.No. 13–1019.Supreme Court of the United StatesJune 30, 2014.Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit...
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