
Ep. 235 - Precedential Decisions from 10/21/2024 - 10/27/2024 (past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; metering; injunction; credibility; hardship review; Haitian mental health claims)
10/28/24 • 35 min
Corpeno-Romero, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-576 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)
- past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; no requirement to wait to be killed; emotional trauma; lessened-harm standard for children; mixed motive and family based asylum; M-18 gang; El Salvador
Al Otro Lado, et al. v. EOIR, et al., No. 22-55988 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)
- metering; Asylum Transit Rule; nationwide injunction; APA
Garcia Oliva v. Garland, No. 23-1841 (1st Cir. Oct. 21, 2024)
- adverse credibility; omissions; discrepancy; heart of the claim; candor; former bodyguards; Guatemala
Galvez-Bravo v. Garland, No. 24-0239 (6th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)
- exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; mixed question of law and fact; motion to reopen; dyslexia; unexplained departure by the BIA
Francois v. Garland, No. 20-61134 (5th Cir. Oct. 24, 2024)
- standard of review; mental health facilities in Haiti; clear error; BIA shirking duties; sua sponte remand for further factual findings
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Corpeno-Romero, et al. v. Garland, No. 23-576 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)
- past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; no requirement to wait to be killed; emotional trauma; lessened-harm standard for children; mixed motive and family based asylum; M-18 gang; El Salvador
Al Otro Lado, et al. v. EOIR, et al., No. 22-55988 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)
- metering; Asylum Transit Rule; nationwide injunction; APA
Garcia Oliva v. Garland, No. 23-1841 (1st Cir. Oct. 21, 2024)
- adverse credibility; omissions; discrepancy; heart of the claim; candor; former bodyguards; Guatemala
Galvez-Bravo v. Garland, No. 24-0239 (6th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024)
- exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; mixed question of law and fact; motion to reopen; dyslexia; unexplained departure by the BIA
Francois v. Garland, No. 20-61134 (5th Cir. Oct. 24, 2024)
- standard of review; mental health facilities in Haiti; clear error; BIA shirking duties; sua sponte remand for further factual findings
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DISCLAIMER & CREDITS
See Eps. 1-200
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Ep. 234 - Precedential Decisions from 10/14/2024 - 10/20/2024 (in absentia motion to reopen - exceptional circumstances; totality of circumstances; traffic accidents; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; NACARA; economic hardship; mixed question review)
Montejo-Gonzalez, et al. v. Garland, No. 21-304 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2024)
- in absentia motion to reopen based on exceptional circumstances; unconscionable result of removal; totality of the circumstances; traffic accidents; children; prima facie relief inapplicable
Vargas-Salazar v. Garland, No. 23-2097 (1st Cir. Oct. 17, 2024)
- past persecution; unfulfilled threats; outpatient medical treatment; gangs; extortion; Ecuador
Figueroa v. Garland, No. 22-1272 (1st Cir. Oct. 17, 2024)
- Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA); extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; hardship review - mixed question of law and fact
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Ep. 236 - Precedential Decisions from 10/28/2024 - 11/3/2024 (denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel; CIMT; elements of sentence enhancement; aging out qualifying relatives; hardship review; fraud; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver & I-751 petition)
Farhane v. United States, No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Oct. 31, 2024) (en banc)
- denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland; collateral consequences; Padilla
Matter of Khan, 28 I&N Dec. 850 (BIA 2024)
- CIMT; categorical approach; consideration elements of sentence enhancement; gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated; Cal. Pen. Code § 191.5(b); sentencing enhancement for fleeing the scene of an accident Cal. Veh. Code § 20001(c); combining mens rea and actus reas; standalone § 212(h) waiver; continuous residence for LPR cancellation
Diaz-Arellano v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 22-12446 (11th Cir. Oct. 29, 2024)
- aging out qualifying relatives; non-LPR cancellation of removal; Loper Bright
Sustaita-Cordova v. Garland, No. 23-60095 (5th Cir. Oct. 31, 2024)
- hardship review; Wilkinson and good moral character; contested facts; U visa waiver; deficient NTA claims processing rule
Seldon v. Garland, No. 24-0246 (6th Cir. Oct. 31, 2024)
- fraud; § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver & joint I-751 petition; Loper Bright; Kisor deference; Bador; failure to inform about asylum or other relief; refusal to answer questions at interview
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