• Ep. 209 - Precedential Decisions from 4/22/2024 - 4/28/2024 (FTCA; de minimis harm; colorable question of law; time limit on discretion; qualifying relative; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; 4,000 cap; BIA notice of appeal requirements; nexus)
    Apr 29 2024

    Queen v. United States, No. 22-30294 (5th Cir. Apr. 24, 2024)

    • FTCA; prisoner claims; de minimis harm


    Ndlovu v. Garland, No. 23-2208 (7th Cir. Apr. 25, 2024)

    • justification; Patel; colorable question of law; time limit on discretion


    Rangel-Fuentes v. Garland, No. 23-9511 (10th Cir. Apr. 23, 2024)

    • qualifying relative; non-LPR cancellation of removal; age out; 4,000 cap; BIA notice of appeal requirements; nexus




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  • Ep. 208 - Precedential Decisions from 4/15/2024 - 4/21/2024 (I-130; sham marriage; overcoming INA § 204(c); exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; reasonable likelihood standard for prima facie case; gender-based asylum claims; social distinction)
    Apr 22 2024

    Bristow v. Mayorkas, No. 22 C 991 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 28, 2024)

    • I-130; sham marriage; overcoming INA § 204(c); persuasiveness of affidavits


    Olmedo Martinez v. Garland, No. 23-9593 (10th Cir. Apr. 16, 2024)

    • non-LPR cancellation of removal motion to reopen; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; reasonable likelihood standard for prima facie case; Wilkinson; medical issues for children


    Bustamante-Leiva v. Garland, No. 22-60479 (5th Cir. Apr. 19, 2024)

    • gender-based asylum claims; religion; social distinction; three-member panel; BIA bias; DHS failure to file brief; gangs; Honduras




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  • Ep. 207 - Precedential Decisions from 4/8/2024 - 4/14/2024 (CAT deferral; aggregate forms of torture; changed country condition motion to reopen; Chaldean Christian; Iraq; injunction; visa bulletin; denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel)
    Apr 15 2024

    Abdulahad v. Garland, No. 22-3743 (6th Cir. Apr. 11, 2024)

    • CAT deferral; aggregate forms of torture; changed country condition motion to reopen; cumulative evidence; point of comparison; individualized risk; American characteristics; Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF); Chaldean Christian; Iraq


    Cheejati, et al. v. Blinken, et al., No. 23-40398 (5th Cir. Apr. 9, 2024)

    • injunction; visa bulletin; India; TRO; jurisdiction and review; INA § 245(b); jurisdiction; Patel discretion; retrogression


    Farhane v. United States, No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Aug. 11, 2023)

    • denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland; collateral consequences; Padilla





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    33 mins
  • Ep. 206 - Precedential Decisions from 4/1/2024 - 4/7/2024 (criminal encouraging violation of immigration law; expedited removal untimely evidence; unable or unwilling to protect in Mexico; collateral estoppel and jurisdiction)
    Apr 8 2024

    United States v. Hansen, No. 17-10548 (9th Cir. Apr. 3, 2024)

    • common law specific intent mens rea; solicitation definition; 8 U.S.C. §§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and 1324(a)(1)(B)(i); encouraging violation of immigration law


    Matter of F-C-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 788 (BIA 2024) (amended)

    • 8 C.F.R. § 1240.17; expedited removal; credible fear process; mental incompetency and untimely evidence


    Ortega v. Garland, No. 21-3253 (7th Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

    • unable or unwilling to protect; police investigations; cartel threats; Mexico


    Shaiban v. Jaddou, et al., No. 21-2010 (4th Cir. Apr. 3, 2024)

    • collateral estoppel; Patel; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); jurisdiction; INA § 209(b) adjustment; discretion; terrorism




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    Apr 3 2024
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  • Ep. 205 - Precedential Decisions from 3/25/2024 - 3/31/2024 (mixed motive; one central reason; personal dispute; religion; CIMT; New Jersey second-degree robbery; naturalization; false claim to U.S. citizenship; unlawful voting)
    Apr 1 2024

    Khalil v. Garland, No. 23-1443 (1st Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

    • mixed motive; one central reason; personal dispute; intertwined reasons; religion; persecution standard; de novo review of government-actor prong of CAT protection; duty to intervene; Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt



    Almanzar v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3092 (3d Cir. Mar. 29, 2024)

    • second-degree robbery, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:15-1(a); CIMT; Diaz-Lizarraga; transforming generic theft into CIMT; synergy and Matter of Lopez-Meza



    Melara v. Mayorkas, 663 F. Supp. 3d 1158 (C.D. Cal. 2021)

    • naturalization; false claim to U.S. citizenship; unlawful voting; fraudulent or willful misrepresentation




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  • Ep. 204 - Precedential Decisions from 3/18/2024 - 3/24/2024 (mixed question of law and fact; CIMT & child abuse; nexus & indigenous women; particular social group change on appeal; relocation in India; criminal-alien jurisdictional bar & Nasrallah)
    Mar 25 2024

    Wilkinson v. Garland, No. 22-666 (U.S. Mar. 19, 2024)

    • jurisdiction; INA § 242(a)(2)(B) & (D); Guerro-Lasprilla; mixed question of law and fact; Patel

    Gomez-Ruotolo v. Garland, No. 23-1238 (4th Cir. Mar. 20, 2024)

    • CIMT; categorical approach; electronic solicitation of a minor between seven and fourteen; VA Code § 18.2-374.3(c); attempted sexual battery on a child; VA Code Section 18.2-67.5(c); force; sexual battery by ruse; CAT protection from Venezuela


    Sabastian-Andres v. Garland, No. 23-3606 (6th Cir. Mar. 20, 2024)

    • nexus; indigenous Guatemalan women; Mayan Akateko women

    Ferreira v. Garland, No. 23-1543 (1st Cir. Mar. 21, 2024)

    • BIA change to particular social group; women; nexus; family; Trinidadian women who oppose Trinidad's social norms in that they do not want to be subjected to abuse or violent sexual abuse by family members or significant others based on their gender



    Borjas Cruz v. Garland, No. 22-3035 (7th Cir. Mar. 21, 2024)

    • nexus; extortion; motivation beyond money; Honduras


    Singh v. Garland, No. 22-211 (9th Cir. Mar. 22, 2024)

    • past persecution standard in the Ninth Circuit; no serious physical harm required; DHS’s relocation burden with Mann party claims and Punjab; India



    Tapia Coria v. Garland, No. 22-970 (9th Cir. Mar. 19, 2024)

    • final order of removal; INA § 242(a)(2)(C); jurisdiction; on the merits review; Nasrallah; motion to remand; administrative closure; Nasrallah implicitly overruling prior precedent



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  • Ep. 203 - Precedential Decisions from 3/11/2024 - 3/17/2024 (particularly serious crime; prolonged detention; late-filed evidence; criminal conviction definition; asylum one-year filing deadline; family-based PSGs; discretion; credibility; agg fel theft)
    Mar 18 2024

    Annor v. Garland, No. 23-1281 (4th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

    • particularly serious crime; conspiracy to commit money laundering; 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h); N-A-M- process; elements; dangerousness

    Vasquez Castaneda v. Perry, et al., No. 22-7365 (4th Cir. Mar. 13, 2024)

    • prolonged detention; Zadvydas; reasonable foreseeability of removal; withholding-only; reinstatement; INA § 241(a); Guzman Chavez; due process; Mathews; Arteaga-Martinez


    Matter of F-C-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 788 (BIA 2024)

    • 8 C.F.R. § 1240.17; expedited removal; credible fear process; mental incompetency & untimely evidence; identification purposes only

    Wong v. Garland, No. 22-6185 (2d Cir. Mar. 11, 2024)

    • criminal conviction; CIMT; disorderly persons theft by deception - N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-4 & second-degree forgery - N.Y. Penal Law § 170.10; constitutional safeguards; retroactivity; intent to deceive; Chevron; CIMT constitutionality

    Chun Mendez v. Garland, No. 23-1166 (1st Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

    • exceptional circumstance exception to one-year asylum filing deadline; Mam women in Guatemala; exhaustion

    Vasquez-Rivera v. Garland, No. 21-3344 (6th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

    • family-based particular social group; women; BIA affirming IJ analysis that IJ never made; nexus standard for asylum and withholding; gangs; El Salvador

    Guadarrama v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 22-11065 (11th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)

    • discretion; INA § 212(h) waiver; Arai presumption; review of legal standard notwithstanding Patel; Mendez-Moralez standard

    Kalulu v. Garland, No. 21-895 (9th Cir. Mar. 11, 2024)

    • inconsistency; demeanor; totality; remand notwithstanding adverse credibility; lesbian in Zambia

    United States v. Orozco-Orozco, No. 22-50146 (9th Cir. Mar. 12, 2024)

    • felony carjacking under California Penal Code § 215; intent to steal; victim ownership interest not required for generic theft; fundamentally unfair and § 1326 criminal proceedings


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