Viana Guedes, et al., v, Mayorkas, et al., No. 24-1228 (1st Cir. Dec. 16, 2024)

• I-140 revocation; Bouarfa; jurisdiction; Patel; EB-2 NIW; discretion 

Salomon-Guillen v. Garland, No. 23-1723 (4th Cir. Dec. 18, 2024)

• temporary Appellate Immigration Judge; substantive vs. internal housekeeping regulations; agency following regulations where rights are affected; INA § 103(g); discretionary findings; extreme hardship; Patel

Albayero-Gomez v. Garland, No. 23-3549 (8th Cir. Dec. 20, 2024)

• asylum; Matter of Burbano; unable or unwilling to protect; Guatemala 

Luna v. Garland, No. 21-60195 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2024)

• in absentia motion to reopen; Campos-Chavez; deficient NTA; Rodriguez; non-receipt of notice of hearing; sworn affidavit; presumption of delivery

Cuenca-Arroyo v. Garland, No. 23-60100 (5th Cir. Dec. 18, 2024)

• exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; jurisdiction to review voluntary departure; review of request for continuance  

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• United States v. Burwell, No. 16-3009 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 9, 2024) – crime of violence; divisibility; Federal bank robbery in violation of U.S.C. § 2113(a); common law robbery; Mathis peek; jury instructions
  
  
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Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, et al., No. 23-583 (U.S. Dec. 10, 2024)

• revocation of I-130 petition; INA § 204(c); jurisdiction; discretion; may; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii)

Matter of Dominguez Reyes, 28 I&N Dec. 878 (BIA 2024)

• amount of loss; circumstance specific approach; INA § 101(a)(43)(D); certification of criminal documents 

Quito-Guachichulca v. Garland, No. 23-1069 (8th Cir. Dec. 9, 2024)

• aggravated felony rape; INA § 101(a)(43)(A); sexual abuse; digital penetration; statutory interpretation; survey of state case law; res judicata

Mondzali Bopaka v. Garland, No. 21-1384 (1st Cir. Dec. 13, 2024)

• adverse credibility; motion to reopen to submit new evidence; I-589 errors and omissions; inconsistencies; ineffective assistance of counsel motion to reopen; Republic of the Congo

Lopez-Quinteros v. Garland, No. 23-1890 (1st Cir. Dec. 13, 2024)

• family based particular social group; business owners; mixed motive; gang extortion; El Salvador

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Escobar Larin v. Garland, No. 23-2088 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2024)

• mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs; El Salvador 

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Lamine Kouyate v. Garland, No. 23-1960 (4th Cir. Nov. 27, 2024)

• CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud

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Diaz-Valdez v. Garland, No. 23-1576 (1st Cir. Nov. 22, 2024)

• BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; extraordinary circumstances; attorney statements; evidentiary sufficiency; guaranteed delivery

Matter of Larios-Gutierrez De Pablo and Pablo-Larios, 28 I&N Dec. 868 (BIA 2024)

• timely objection to deficient NTA; retroactivity; Matter of Fernandes; claims processing rule; change of law

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• federal definition of marijuana; hemp; guideline sentence enhancement; time of comparison; Brown v. United States; realistic probability test does not apply

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Aleman Belloso v. Garland, No. 23-114 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024)

• nexus; church leader; political opinion; particular social group - influential church leaders; no requirement to report harm for CAT; circularity not fatal; agency misconstruing PSG; no need to report government harm; FMLN; El Salvador

Manuel-Soto v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1089 (3d Cir. Nov. 12, 2024)

• small business owners; particularity; immutability; police investigation and unable or unwilling; Guatemala

Urias-Orellana v. Garland, No. 24-1042 (1st Cir. Nov. 14, 2024)

• death threats, extortion, and past persecution; reasonable relocation; failure to report and government acquiescence; country condition reports; El Salvador

Cortez-Mejia v. Garland, No. 23-1717 (1st Cir. Nov. 15, 2024)

• generalized fear of gang violence; 18th Street Gang recruitment against MS-13; death threats; El Salvador

Medina-Suguilanda v. Garland, No. 23-2031 (1st Cir. Nov. 14, 2024)

• unable or unwilling to protect; failure to report to police because of risk of danger; domestic violence; mixed question of law and fact; Ecuador

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Reid v. Garland, No. 20-3324 (2d Cir. Nov. 5, 2024)

• mental competency; Matter of M-A-M- safeguards; due process; no prejudice required; termination for regulator violations

Morgan v. Garland, No.  24-1280 (1st Cir. Nov. 5, 2024)

• serious reasons for believing noncitizen has committed serious non-political crime; probable cause; police acquiescence standard for CAT protection; failure to act; exhaustion; gangs; Jamaica 

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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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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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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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