Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 3244

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 59 citation events across 21 distinct cases.

59citations total

21distinct interpreting cases

10distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1980–2022year range

Top 15 leading cases

#1 Rosado v. Civiletti (1980) ca2 39 own cites 11× in case

#2 Bishop v. Reno (2000) ca11 64 own cites 3× in case

#3 Karl L. Cannon v. U.S. Department of Justice, United States Parole Commission (1992) ca5 24 own cites 5× in case

#4 Gerald Glen Boyden v. Griffin Bell, Attorney General, and L. R. Putnam, Warden (1980) ca9 11 own cites 6× in case

#5 Jesse Lopez Tavarez, Ex Parte v. U. S. Attorney General (1982) ca5 17 own cites 4× in case

#6 United States v. Leslie Fleishman, United States of America v. Peter Combs, United States of America v. Stephen Green (1982) ca9 214 own cites 1× in case

#7 Kass v. Barr (1996) ca10 10 own cites 3× in case

#8 George Jerome Pfeifer v. United States Bureau of Prisons (1980) ca9 32 own cites 1× in case

#9 Mitchell v. United States (1980) wied 4 own cites 2× in case

#10 United States v. Escovio Rios (2022) ca4 6 own cites 1× in case

#11 Robert Venetucci v. Constance C. Reese (2002) ca8 3 own cites 1× in case

#12 Kanasola v. Civiletti (1980) ca6 4 own cites 2× in case

#13 Venetucci v. Department of State (2006) ca2 1 own cites 2× in case

#14 United States v. Sosa-Sauceda (2008) ca4 2 own cites 2× in case

#15 Verner v. Attorney General (2006) ca10 1 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.