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· 4/22/2003

Jaroslaw Chrzanoski 1 v. John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General

Citations

  • 327 F.3d 188
  • 2003 WL 1908143

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that a Connecticut third‐degree assault conviction was not a predicate ʺcrime of violenceʺ under the Immigration and Nationality Act
  • stating that “intentional causation of injury does not necessarily involve the use of force”
  • drawing distinction between \causation of an injury and an injury's causation by the `use of physical force'\
  • addressing a circumstance in which physical injury is caused by “guile, deception, or even deliberate omission”
  • “reject[ing] the government’s invitation to ignore the plain meaning of ‘force,’ ” and stating that Courchesne approach does not control analysis of 18 U.S.C. § 16 (a
  • subsection (a)(l)’s “language is broad enough to cover myriad other schemes, not involving force, whereby physical injury can be caused intentionally”

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Judges: Straub, Katzmann, Raggi

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