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· 4/20/2020

Ford v. Texas

Citations

  • 140 S. Ct. 2677
  • 206 L. Ed. 2d 827

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying categorical approach to determine whether sexual abuse of a minor was an “aggravated felony” and “a crime of child abuse” that made petitioner removable
  • noting that issues not raised in petitioner’s brief are abandoned
  • considering 2 1 111/112/113 (B.I.A. Aug. 23, 2024), aff’g Nos. A246-265-111/112/113 (Immig. Ct. 2 N.Y.C. Apr. 11, 2024
  • “consider[ing] abandoned any claims not adequately presented in an appellant’s brief” (quotation marks omitted)
  • “consider[ing] abandoned any claims not adequately presented in an appellant’s brief” (quotation marks omitted)
  • “We consider abandoned any claims not adequately presented in an appellant’s brief, and an appellant’s failure to make legal or factual arguments constitutes abandonment.”

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