Using and Defending the Categorical Approach

Current Practice Advisories on the Categorical Approach

• Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions: Supreme Court Limits Reach of Aggravated Felony “Sexual Abuse of a Minor” Ground and Provides Support on Other Crim-Imm Issues (2017, IDP and NIP-NLG)
• Administrative Removal under 238(b): Questions and Answers (2017, IDP and NIP-NLG)
  • Sample Response to Notice of Intent to Issue a Final Administrative Order of Removal
  • Sample Petition for Review of Final Administrative Order of Removal
• In Mathis v. United States, Supreme Court Reaffirms and Bolsters Strict Application of the Categorical Approach (2016, IDP and NIP-NLG)
• Mellouli v. Lynch: Further Support for a Strict Categorical Approach for Determining Removability under Drug Deportation and Other Conviction-Based Removal Grounds ( 2015, IDP and NIP-NLG)
• The Realistic Probability Standard: Fighting Government Efforts to Use It to Undermine the Categorical Approach (2014, IDP and NIP-NLG)
• Matter of Chairez-Castrejon I: BIA Applies Moncrieffe and Descamps to Clarify and Modify Its Views on Proper Application of the Categorical Approach (2014, IDP and NIP-NLG) 
• Moncrieffe v. Holder: Implications for Drug Charges and Other Issues Involving the Categorical Approach (2013, IDP, NIP-NLG, and AIC)
• Descamps v. United States and the Modified Categorical Approach (2013, IDP and NIP-NLG)

Resources on Divisibility

• Practice Alert: In Mathis v. United States, Supreme Court Reaffirms and Bolsters Strict Application of the Categorical Approach (by IDP and NIP-NLG)

Resources on Realistic Probability

• Certiorari petition on realistic probability
• Second Circuit amicus brief on realistic probability
• Practice Advisory: The Realistic Probability Standard: Fighting Government Efforts to Use It to Undermine the Categorical Approach (2014, IDP and NIP-NLG)

Amicus Briefs

• Brief of IDP et al. in Support of Petitioner in Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions (Supreme Court, pro bono counsel:Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP)
• Brief of IDP et al. in Support of Petitioner in Richards v. Sessions (Second Circuit)
• Brief of IDP et al. in Support of Petitioner in Mathis v. United States (Supreme Court, pro bono counsel: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP)
• Brief of IDP et al. in Support of Petitioner in Luna-Torres v. Lynch (Supreme Court, pro bno counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP)
• Brief of IDP et al. in Support of Petitioner in Mellouli v. Lynch (Supreme Court, pro bono counsel: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP)