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· 11/4/2013

Taylor v. Crews

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 553
  • 187 L. Ed. 2d 375
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 3257
  • 571 U.S. 994
  • 2013 WL 5878028
  • 2013 U.S. LEXIS 7989

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

  • holding that CHSC § 11377(a) is divisible and subject to the modified categorical approach
  • noting that we are generally “‘not permitted to 5 decide a claim that the immigration court has not considered in the first instance’” (citation omitted)
  • noting that this court must remand to the agency to 3 consider a claim in the first instance
  • finding a California drug statute criminalizing the possession of controlled substances, identified by reference to statutory drug schedules, to be divisible
  • applying Descamps to determine whether a state drug conviction rendered an alien inadmissible for violating a law relating to a controlled substance as defined by federal law
  • holding that § 11377(a) is divisible

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