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Velasco-Giron v. Holder

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on May 4, 2015.

Docket No.14-745
Op. Below7th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether courts should defer to published Board of Immigration Appeals case law construing the generic crime of "sexual abuse of a minor" through an ad hoc process that employs a federal civil statute as a "guide"; and (2) whether a state misdemeanor offense for sexual intercourse with an individual under the age of eighteen " which captures activity not criminalized federally or in the vast majority of states, and may be punished with unsupervised probation " is an "aggravated felony" as "sexual abuse of a minor."

Proceedings & orders timeline

Dec 23, 2014
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2015)
Jan 13, 2015
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 23, 2015.
Feb 18, 2015
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 25, 2015.
Mar 26, 2015
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including April 1, 2015.
Apr 1, 2015
Brief of respondent Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General filed.
Apr 15, 2015
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 1, 2015.
Apr 15, 2015
Reply brief of petitioner filed. (Distributed)
May 4, 2015
Petition DENIED.

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