Legal Opinion

Nielsen v. Preap

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 19, 2019No. 16-1363PublishedCited by 710 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Because Preap and Khoury created a split with four other Courts of Appeals, we granted certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's ruling that criminal aliens who are not arrested immediately upon release are thereby exempt from mandatory detention under § 1226(c). 583 U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 1279, 200 L.Ed.2d 468 (2018). We now reverse.

II

Before addressing the merits of the Court of Appeals' interpretation, we resolve four questions regarding our jurisdiction to hear these cases.

The first potential hurdle concerns § 1226(e), which states:

"The [Secretary's] discretionary judgment regarding the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  5. Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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