Blanco Contreras v. Bondi, No. 22-1538 (1st Cir. Apr. 9, 2025)

• exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; ignoring evidence; failure to consider psychological report

Matter of Iskandarani, 29 I&N Dec. 26 (BIA 2025)

• notice of appeal deadline; oral decision; written decision; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.38(b); law addendum 

Matter of O-A-R-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 30 (BIA 2025)

• former police officers; immutability; particular social group; nexus; animus, anti-circularity; M-R-M-S-; police officers; FARC; Colombia 

Thankarasa v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 23-3204 (3d Cir. Apr. 10, 2025)

• denying asylum as a matter of discretion; entry fraud; Matt of Pula; reconsidering asylum when withholding of removal is granted; Tamil; Sri Lanka

Chavez v. Bondi, No. 23-1379 (4th Cir. Apr. 10, 2025)

• CIMT; petit larceny; Loper Bright; affirmative defense; mens rea; reprehensible conduct; changing societal norms; due respect for Diaz-Lizarraga

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Alvarez Mendoza v. Bondi, No. 24-1112 (1st Cir. Mar. 31, 2025)

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United States v. Cervenak, No. 23-3466 (6th Cir. Apr. 2, 2025) (en banc) 

• crime of violence; realistic probability test; robbery in violation of Ohio Rev. Code § 2911.02

Mathin v. Mayorkas, 746 F. Supp. 3d 1327 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 16, 2024)

• naturalization review; INA § 310(c); warrant of arrest; statutory interpretation; declaratory relief

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Ayala Chapa v. Bondi, No. 21-60039 (5th Cir. Mar. 24, 2025)

• temporary appellate IJs; temporary Board member; Santos Zacaria; INA §  103(g)(1); Attorney General authority; ultra vires argument

Yocom, et al. v. USCIS, et al., No. 22-0839 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 21, 2025)

• discovery to challenge I-130 denial; INA § 204(c); deposition of ex-wife; deposition of USCIS; no requirement to submit sworn statement; Munoz; coercive behavior; due process violation

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Matter of C-A-R-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 13 (BIA 2025)

• incomplete I-589; deeming asylum application abandoned for failure to include asylum declaration; cocaine admission and good moral character

Matter of Dor, 29 I&N Dec. 20 (BIA 2025)

• point of comparison of CSA and state drug schedule; INA § 237(a)(2)(B)(i); Brown; Mass. Gen. Law Ch. 94C § 32c(a); distribution of marijuana 

Duarte De Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-1057 (1st Cir. Mar. 19, 2025)

• individualized inquiry for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; learning disability; inability to learn in foreign country; inability to learn foreign language; common hardship in the aggregate

Salinas v. Bondi, No. 23-2779 (8th Cir. Mar. 19, 2025)

• point of comparison of CSA and state drug schedule; INA § 237(a)(2)(B)(i); North Dakota definition of marijuana; Cannabis sativa L

Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-1247 (9th Cir. Mar. 17, 2025)

• credibility; Matter of R-K-K-; similar affidavits; DHS charts; Singh v. Garland distinguished; frivolous asylum finding; Mann Party; Sikh; India

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Rosa v. Bondi, No. 24-1240 (1st Cir. Mar. 14, 2025)

• DHS burden to prove alienage by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence; Woodby standard

Wilkinson v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3166 (3d Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

• extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; substantial evidence standard of review; psychological harm without experts

Rahman v. Bondi, No. 23-3608 (6th Cir. Mar. 13, 2025)

• types of hardship review; Wilkinson; INA § 212(i) waiver; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v) waiver; unlawful presence waiver; no adverse credibility review; satisfaction of the Attorney General

Dineshkumar Patel v. Bondi, No. 24-3614 (6th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

• fear of loan sharks; extortion; nexus; acquiesce; India

Gulomjonov v. Bondi, No. 21-2844 (7th Cir. Mar. 14, 2025)

• material change exception to one year asylum filing deadline; Loper Bright; satisfaction of the attorney general; heightened deference; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(4)(ii); reasonable time; Catholic converts; Uzbekistan 

Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9589 (10th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025)

• unable or unwilling to protect; reporting to police; State Department reports; Mann party asylum claim; Sikh; India

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Lau v. Bondi, No. 21-6623 (2d Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

• LPR as arriving alien applicant for admission; INA § 101(a)(13)(C)(v); CIMT; Matter of Valenzuela-Felix; parole

Penaranda v. Bondi, No. 23-6584 (2d Cir. Mar. 7, 2025)

• false testimony, good moral character, and INA § 101(f)(6); Loper Bright and star decisis; Matter of Fernandes; timely assertion of claims processing rule violation; deficient NTA; Wilkinson and non-LPR cancellation of removal

Mohammed v. Bondi, No. 24-3649 (6th Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)

• arson in violation of VA Code § 18.2-77; malice; INA § 101(a)(43)(E)(i) arson aggravated felony; federal accomplice liability; 18 U.S.C. § 2

Laguna Rivera v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 23-12398 (11th Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

• prior precedent rule; persecution of family members; exhaustion; failure to raise arguments to the BIA; considering support affidavits after adverse credibility; harm in the past; political involvement in Nicaragua

Tian v. Bondi, No. 22-6053 (2d Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

• political opinion; opposition to China’s property confiscation laws; pretextual arrest as persecution; pretextual prosecution; police beating; BIA failure to analyze material evidence

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Xia v. Scott, No. 23-3055 (8th Cir. Feb. 27, 2025)

• exceptions to Hague Act adoption; habitual residence; I-130 petition by adoptive parent; reasoned consideration by BIA

United States v. Parham, No. 23-4249 (4th Cir. Feb. 26, 2025)

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El Manyary  v. Bondi, No. 22-3102 (8th Cir. Feb. 21, 2025)

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