BASTARDO-VALE v. ATTY. GEN. U.S.

No. 17-2017.

934 F.3d 255 (2019)

Carlos Eduardo BASTARDO-VALE, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Argued En Banc on May 15, 2019.

Filed: August 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosa Barreca , 1308 South 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, Cherylle C. Corpuz [ARGUED], Morais Law, 101 West Main Street, Suite 101 Moorestown, NJ 08057, Counsel for Petitioner.

Benjamin M. Moss [ARGUED], Judith R. O'Sullivan , United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, P.O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, Counsel for Respondent.

Joseph C. Hohenstein [ARGUED], Landau Hess Simon & Choi, 190 North Independence Mall West, Suite 602, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Amicus Curiae American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, McKEE, AMBRO, CHAGARES, JORDAN, HARDIMAN, GREENAWAY, JR., SHWARTZ, KRAUSE, RESTREPO, BIBAS, PORTER, and MATEY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Today we decide whether the phrase "particularly serious crime" as used in both the asylum and withholding of removal statutes, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(b)(2), 1231(b)(3), includes, but is not limited to, aggravated felonies. We hold that it does. The phrase "particularly serious crime" means...

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