Wager v. Pelham Union Free School District

How courts have described this case

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• holding that multiple convictions for driving under the influence will likely result in a discretionary denial in part because such conduct reflects a “disregard for the safety of others”
• finding that aliens with multiple DUI convictions are likely undeserving of discretionary relief due to the “reckless and dangerous nature of the crime of DUI”
• noting that “drunk and other forms of impaired driving are unacceptable conduct that imposes intolerable harms on society”
• explaining that “[a]n alien’s criminal record—including its ‘nature, recency, and seriousness’—is a key factor” in assessing discretion (quoting Matter of C-V-T-, 22 I&N Dec. at 11)
• stating that “an alien with multiple DUI convictions would likely be denied cancellation of removal as a purely discretionary matter” because “[m]ultiple DUI convictions are a serious blemish on a person’s record and reflect disregard for the safety of others and for the law”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).