Yuen Shing Lee v. Ashcroft

Decided July 15, 2002. Sterling Johnson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

216 F. Supp. 2d 51 · Cited 65 times

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• Jones v. Cunningham · 371 U.S. 236
• Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Schumer · 520 U.S. 939
• Johnson v. Eisentrager · 339 U.S. 763
• Mojica v. Reno · 970 F. Supp. 130
• Shittu v. Elwood · 204 F. Supp. 2d 876
• Nwankwo v. Reno · 828 F. Supp. 171
• Liu Di Wang v. Reno · 862 F. Supp. 801
• Chukwurah v. United States · 813 F. Supp. 161
• Pena-Rosario v. Reno · 83 F. Supp. 2d 349
• Carvajales-Cepeda v. Meissner · 966 F. Supp. 207
• Carreon-Hernandez v. Levi · 409 F. Supp. 1208

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• Chun Man So v. Reno · 251 F. Supp. 2d 1112
• Martinez-Piedras v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 354 F. Supp. 2d 1149
• Yuen Shing Lee v. Ashcroft · 268 F. Supp. 2d 150
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