| Title: |
In the Supreme Court of the United States, Jean Francois Pugin, petitioner, v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, respondent ;:Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, petitioner, v. Fernando Cordero-Garcia, respondent : on writs of certiorari to the United States courts of appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Ninth Circuit : brief of amici curiae Immigrant Defense Project, American Immigration Council, and American Immigration Lawyers Association in support of Pugin and Cordero-Garcia / |
| Authors: |
Winger, Emma C.; Vargas, Manuel D.; Wachtenheim, Andrew; Pugin, Jean Francois; Cordero-Garcia, Fernando; Garland, Merrick B. |
| Source: |
http://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1323718. |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Description: |
Two noncitizens were determined removable because they had convictions for aggravated felonies, offenses "relating to obstruction of justice," 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(S), 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). The Ninth Circuit concluded that Cordero-Garcia's state conviction for dissuading a witness from reporting a crime did not constitute an offense "relating to obstruction of justice" because the state offense did not require that an investigation or proceeding be pending. The Fourth Circuit concluded that Pugin's state conviction for accessory after the fact constituted an offense "relating to obstruction of justice" even if the state offense did not require that an investigation or proceeding be pending. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.preview/supapcxa0001&id=1&collection=immigration&index=alpha/B_immigration; http://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1323718 |
| Availability: |
http://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1323718; https://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.preview/supapcxa0001&id=1&collection=immigration&index=alpha/B_immigration |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.2AD4B440 |
| Database: |
BASE |