Vizcarra-Ayala v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “claims addressed on the merits by the BIA are exhausted”
• explaining that exhaustion does not require petitioners to raise their “precise argument” in administrative proceedings
• reviewing de novo the issue of whether California forgery is an aggravated felony
• “[O]ur precedent is quite clear that claims addressed on the merits by the BIA are exhausted.”
• “The BIA had notice of the claim and ruled on the merits. There was therefore adequate exhaustion.”
• “[P]ro se claims are construed liberally for purposes of the exhaustion requirement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).