Esau Rodriguez v. Eric Holder, Jr.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding a sexual assault conviction under section 22.011 is not categorically an aggravated- felony “crime of violence” because section 22.011(b
• “B[W]hether an offense constitutes an aggravated felony is a purely legal’ question, which we review de novo.” (alteration in original) (quoting Patel v. Mukasey, 526 F.3d 800, 802 (5th Cir. 2008))
• comparing (b)(1) with (b)(9) and (b)(10)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Gregorio Gonzalez-Longoria
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-08-05· cited 170×
• Maniar v. Garland
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-05-20· cited 59×
• Felix Diaz v. Jefferson Sessions, III
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-06-28· cited 50×
• Andres Paez Sarmientos v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-02-12· cited 27×
• United States v. Andres Sanchez-Espinal
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-08-06· cited 14×
• Maria Penalva v. Jefferson Sessions, III
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-02-28· cited 14×
• United States v. Arturo Maldonado-Ochoa
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-12-27· cited 11×
• Hammerschmidt v. Garland
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-11-28· cited 9×
• Dominguez v. Sessions
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-09-22· cited 3×
• Ex Parte: Jesus Aranda Lujan
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2015-06-12
• United States v. Rodriguez-Flores
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-02-11
• De Corrales v. Holder
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-12-16
• Zohaib Muhammad Imran v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2023-11-02
• Lopez Orellana v. Garland
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-09-18
• Dominguez Reyes v. Bondi
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-11-06
• McLean v. Bondi
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-11-20

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Taylor v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 5,461×
• Shepard v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-07· cited 4,574×
• Begay v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2008-04-16· cited 1,437×
• Leocal v. Ashcroft
  Supreme Court· 2004-11-09· cited 1,254×
• Bryan v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-15· cited 683×
• United States v. Emerson
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-11-02· cited 247×
• United States v. Velazquez-Overa
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-11-18· cited 124×
• United States v. Charles
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-07-31· cited 118×
• Nehme v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-06-05· cited 105×
• Lopez-Elias v. Reno
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-01· cited 99×
• Juan Larin-Ulloa v. Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-24· cited 91×
• United States v. Larry Begay
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-12-12· cited 87×
• United States v. Galvan-Rodriguez
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-03-05· cited 85×
• Omari v. Gonzales
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-07-25· cited 80×
• United States v. Rodriguez-Guzman
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-06-06· cited 70×
• Felix Sutherland v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States
  Second Circuit· 2000-09-20· cited 66×
• United States v. Wynn
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-09-02· cited 66×
• Serge Chery v. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
  Second Circuit· 2003-10-17· cited 40×
• United States v. Louis Cruz
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-08-25· cited 33×
• Patel v. Mukasey
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-04-29· cited 30×