Ihar Sotnikau v. Loretta Lynch

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that criminal manslaughter was not a CIMT because a conviction could be predicated on criminal negligence
• noting that if the elements of the crime at issue “can include behavior that does not involve moral turpitude, the crime is not categorically one involving moral turpitude”
• \We look at the elements of the crime at issue and determine whether those elements solely encompass behavior that involves moral turpitude.\
• “To involve moral turpitude, a crime requires two essential elements:, a culpable mental state and reprehensible conduct.”
• “We look at the elements of the crime at issue and determine whether those elements solely encompass behavior that involves moral turpitude.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Daniel Castendet-Lewis v. Jefferson Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-04-25· cited 45×
• Jose Ramirez v. Jefferson Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2018-04-17· cited 44×
• Melvin Rodriguez Cabrera v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-07-19· cited 34×
• City of Philadelphia v. Sessions
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2017-11-15· cited 21×
• Pedro Jimenez-Cedillo v. Jefferson Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2018-03-20· cited 18×
• Jeisson Uribe v. Jefferson Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-05-03· cited 14×
• David Nunez-Vasquez v. William Barr
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-07-13· cited 14×
• Maricela Leyva Martinez v. Jefferson Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2018-06-15· cited 13×
• Rene Guevara-Solorzano v. Jefferson B. Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2018-05-24· cited 10×
• Jose Salazar v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-01-03· cited 7×
• Jose Canales Granados v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-11-04· cited 6×
• Carlos Gomez-Ruotolo v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-03-20· cited 6×
• TAVDIDISHVILI
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2017-07-01· cited 5×
• Cesar Solis-Flores v. Merrick Garland
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-09-11· cited 3×
• Jose Ramirez v. Jefferson Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2018-06-07
• JIMENEZ-CEDILLO
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2020-07-01
• Eugenia Chavez v. Pamela Bondi
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-04-10
• MAYORGA IPINA
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2025-06-26
• Cesar Solis-Flores v. Pamela Bondi
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-11-13

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rafael Medina v. United States of America, No. 00-2156
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-07-27· cited 216×
• MEDINA
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1976-07-01· cited 87×
• FRANKLIN
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1994-07-01· cited 58×
• Rodriguez-Castro v. Gonzales
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-10-03· cited 51×
• Ricardo Prudencio v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-01-30· cited 51×
• PEREZ-CONTRERAS
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1992-07-01· cited 46×
• Conrad v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-11-30· cited 45×
• Noakes v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-09-16· cited 40×
• Gooden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-01-20· cited 40×
• WOJTKOW
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1981-07-01· cited 31×
• Khalid Mohamed v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-10-17· cited 20×
• ORTEGA-LOPEZ
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2013-07-01· cited 17×