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· 11/22/2005

Jon Knutsen v. Alberto R. Gonzales

Citations

  • 429 F.3d 733
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 25126
  • 2005 WL 3110827

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the “plain language” of the INA “forecloses inclusion of losses stemming from unconvicted offenses”
  • holding that 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(M)(I) is unambiguous
  • as noted above, holding that loss amount was not more than $10,000 when petitioner stipulated “for purposes of sentencing” that the total loss exceeded $20,000 but pled guilty to count with loss of $7,350
  • “The better result here, and one consistent with the statute, is that the court should focus narrowly on the loss amounts that are particularly tethered to convicted counts alone.”
  • “The better result here, and one consistent with the statute, is that the court should focus narrowly on the loss amounts that are particularly tethered to convicted counts alone.”
  • as noted above, holding that loss amount was not more than $10,000 when petitioner stipulated “for purposes of sentencing” that the total loss exceeded $20,000 but pled guilty to count with loss of $7,350

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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Williams

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