Daily Archives: April 4, 2013

Illegal reentry, United States v. Gutierrez-Ceja, Motion to Withdraw 7th Circuit

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Mike Baker

The defendant pleaded guilty to being in the U.S. illegally after having been removed. The judge sentenced him to 84 months in prison. The statutory maximum prison sentence for illegal reentry is usually 2 years, 8 U.S.C. 1326(a), but removal … Continue reading →

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Jabr v. Holder, Past Persecution, 7th Circuit

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Mike Baker

For more than two years, members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an organization that violently opposes the existence of Israel, tried to recruit Jabr to join their group. Jabr resisted because he is a member of Fatah, a political … Continue reading →

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