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Fleurimond v. Bondi, No. 24-1913 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025)

• CAT protection; low level prison guards and conditions in Haiti; mental health in Haiti; specific intent to torture; purpose

Matter of Landers, 29 I&N Dec. 240 (BIA 2025)

• disbarment of immigration attorney; practice of law; preparation of law; similar filings

Guzman-Torralva v. Bondi, No. 25-0259 (6th Cir. Sept. 17, 2025)

• in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; prima facie eligibility for cancellation

Teles de Menezes v. Rubio, No. 24-1253 (1st Cir. Sept. 18, 2025)

• age out; CSPA; 8 U.S.C. § 1151(f)(2); F2A and F1; statutory interpretation; naturalization during visa pendency; legislative history 

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Hewitt v. United States, No. 23-1002 (U.S. June 26, 2025)

• vacated conviction; statutory interpretation; First Step Act

Matter of Garcia-Flores, 29 I&N Dec. 230 (BIA 2025)

• overturning IJ on discretion; claiming innocence; considering credibility of criminal court witnesses; sexual crimes against minors

Matter of H-A-A-V-, 29 I&N Dec. 233 (BIA 2025)

•  pretermitting asylum application; prima facie case for relief; extortion; material issue of fact

Myers v. Bondi, No. 23-3286 (8th Cir. Sept. 8, 2025)

• derivative citizenship; custody; child; VAWA provisions for children; material issue of fact

Garcia Morin v. Bondi, No. 24-60590 (5th Cir. Sept. 12, 2025)

• motion to reopen; equitable tolling of time bar; claims processing rule

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Ozurumba v. Bondi, No. 24-2070 (4th Cir. Sept. 2, 2025)

• material support of terrorism; duress exception; de minimis; Loper Bright; star decisis; facilitating return of noncitizen; Nigeria

Matter of R-E-R-M- & J-D-R-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 202 (A.G. 2025)

• family based particular social group; L-E-A-; rulemaking; social distinction

Matter of S-S-F-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. 2025)

• domestic violence; gender; particular social group; unable or unwilling to protect; A-B-; rulemaking 

Matter of Yajure Hurtado, 29 I&N Dec. 216 (BIA 2025)

• mandatory detention for all EWIs; redundant and superfluous statutory interpretation 

Matter of Dobrotvorskii, 29 I&N Dec. 211 (BIA 2025).

• bond; flight risk; sponsor; DHS bond burden not really a burden

McDougall v. Bondi, No. 231722 (4th Cir. Sept. 5, 2025)

• CAT; ignoring evidence; ignoring claim in cumulative analysis’ mental health; race; physical disability; Guyana

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O.C.V., et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-9609 (10th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025)

• family-based particular social group; nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S-; Zombie precedent; vacatur of precedential BIA decision; overcoming animus

Sarabia v. Noem, No. 24-50750 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025)

• certificate of citizenship; dicta; 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7); 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a); jurisdictional statement; claims processing rule; timely AAO motion to reopen or reconsider; five-year lawsuit deadline

Matter of J-A-F-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 195 (BIA 2025)

• continuance of individual hearing; new forms of relief; prima facie eligibility; dilatory tactics; diligence

Lopez Cano v. Bondi, No. 22-1941 (1st Cir. Aug. 28, 2025)

• cancellation; economic hardship; anxiety; nexus

Ortiz Trejo v. Bondi, No. 23-1412 (1st Cir. Aug. 29, 2025)

• hardship; allergies; “evaluated all evidence of record”; boilerplate language

Abdulla v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 19-1167 (3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)

• derivative citizenship; Loper Bright; untimely BIA appeal and self-certification; exhaustion; definition of the term “when”; prior panel rule

Ibarra-Perez v. United States, No. 24-631 (9th Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)

• FTCA; jurisdiction; illegal third-country removal; INA § 242(g)

Lopez v. Bondi, No. 23-870 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2025) (denial of en banc rehearing)

• Loper Bright; star decisis; CIMT definition; invalidating prior precedent

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Moncada v. Rubio, No. 23-55803 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2025)

• birthright citizenship; diplomatic immunity; consul; attaché; Blue List; Department of State certificate of immunity; Wong Kim Ark

Matter of Buri Mora, 29 I&N Dec. 186 (BIA 2025)

• extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship; financial hardship; autism in qualifying relative; qualifying relative ability to obtain state benefits and Medicaid

Matter of O-Y-A-E-, 29 I&N Dec. 190 (BIA 2025)

• CAT; counterintelligence officer; EU sanction; IJ factual error; Venezuela 

Matter of G-C-I-, 29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025)

• credibility; continuances; corroboration; implausibility; generalized country conditions; Georgia

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Guandique-De Romero v. Bondi, No. 24-1154 (4th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)

• ineffective assistance; competence; fundamentally fair; wealth-based PSGs; women; family; reopening; prejudice

Rivas de Nolasco v. Bondi, No. 22-1176 (4th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• women; Riley & PFR mid-proceedings; nexus; children & gangs

Alvarez Ronquillo v. Bondi, No. 24-1324 (4th Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)

• firearms trafficking; 101(a)(43)(C) aggravated felony; 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A); consideration

Matter of Salas Pena, 29 I&N Dec. 173 (BIA 2025)

• bond; dangerousness; police reports; cocaine trafficking

Hernandez Flores v. Bondi, No. 23-6714 (2d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• ineffective assistance; failure to advise of qualifying relative; marriage in proceedings; continuance; Patel

Romero-Lozano v. Garland, No. 23-60638 (5th Cir. Aug. 12, 2025)

• withholding only; reinstatement; Riley; reinstate mandate

Montiel Rubio v. Bondi, No. 24-60392 (5th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)

• collectivos; persecution; getting shot; death threats; gassed; Venezuela

Suchite-Salguero v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1970 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• new & previous unavailable before IJ; former hearing; Kisor; harmless error; Chenery; baby during appeal

Roman Sanchez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 242-279 (3d Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)

• GMC; barring testimony; Castillo-Perez presumption; DUI

Rivas-Jarquin v. Bondi, No. 24-2386 (7th Cir. Aug. 11, 2025)

• pattern or practice; medical professionals; opposition to Sandinistas; Nicaragua

Santos Mendoza v. Bondi, No. 24-2796 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• cancellation; psychological hardship to children; financial hardship; Wilkinson

Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-3281 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• commune violence; unable or unwilling; relocation; Honduras

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Hernandez Guardado v. Bondi, No. 23-92286 (4th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025) 

• particular social group; women; anti-circularity not determinative; El Salvador 

Matter of Akhmedov, 29 I&N Dec. 166 (BIA 2025) 

• bond; flight risk; failure to timely file change of address EOIR-33

Matter of Garcia Martinez, 29 I&N Dec. 169 (BIA 2025) 

• filing fees; fee waiver; presumptions

Garcia Pinach v. Bondi, No. 22-6421 (2d Cir. Aug. 4, 2025) 

• misdemeanor sexual contact with a minor; NYPL § 130.60(2); aggravated felony; Loper Bright & star decisis; standard of review for equitable tolling

Wassily v. Bondi; Velasquez Arreaga v. Bondi, Nos. 22-6247_23-6289 (2d Cir. Aug. 7, 2025) 

• adjustment of status for asylees; INA § 209; T-C-A-; statutory interpretation; definition of granted & status; termination of asylum status

Fiddler v. Bondi, No. 24-2604 (7th Cir. Aug. 7, 2025) 

• CAT purpose; specific intent to torture; mental health; police shootings; Jamaica

Cortez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 24-9551 (10th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025) 

•  failure to sign certificate of service; ECAS; BIA rules; form instructions

Chavez-Govea v. Bondi, No. 24-9551 (10th Cir. Aug. 5, 2025) 

• IJ asylum filing deadline; continuance; diligence; abuse of discretion; due process; motion to remand

Lopez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 23-10105 (11th Cir. Aug. 6, 2025) 

• substantial evidence and arbitrary and capricious standards of review; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; overview of standards of review; ADHD, denial of schooling, and whether medications are reasonably available 

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Matter of Felix-Figueroa, 29 I&N Dec. 157 (BIA 2025)

• isomers; possession of methamphetamine; realistic probability test; burdens

Rivera Samayoa v. Bondi, No. 24-1432 (1st Cir. July 28, 2025)

• cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; mixed questions of law and fact; discretionary relief; cumulative hardship analysis

Real v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 24-1545 (3d Cir. July 30, 2025)

• due process; extraordinary circumstances; one-year asylum deadline; jurisdiction; INA § 208(a)(2)(D); INA § 203(a)(3) 

Navarro v. Bondi, No. 24-1253 (4th Cir. July 31, 2025)

• MS-13; CAT protection; credibility; omissions; expert evidence; more likely than not; issue exhaustion.  

Sanchez-Banos v. Bondi, No. 24-2241 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2025)

•  administrative closure; Avetisyan factors; failure to submit hardship evidence

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Da Silva Borges v. Bondi, No. 24-1695 (1st Cir. July 18, 2025)

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

Perez Cruz v. Bondi, No. 24-2865 (9th Cir. July 21, 2025)

·       CAT protection; Gulf Cartel; cooperation with U.S. government; presumption of regularity; considering entire record; audio issues; due process; prejudice; Mexico

Singh v. Bondi, No. 23-9598 (10th Cir. July 22, 2025)

·       mental health; competency; hunger strike; continuance

Cano-Gutierrez v. Bondi, No. 24-1616 (1st Cir. July 24, 2025)

·       asylum; CAT protection; nexus; particular social group; generalized violence; issue exhaustion; waiver of issues

Gomez-Gabriel v. U.S. Atty Gen., No. 24-2559 (3d Cir. July 24, 2025)

·       Summary affirmance; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(e)(4); issue exhaustion; 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); nexus; gang violence; indigenous 

Cabello Garcia v. USCIS, No. 23-35267 (9th Cir. July 22, 2025)

·       8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i); U visa adjustment of status; 8 U.S.C. § 1255(m); medical exam; discretionary relief; collateral challenge; adjustment of status; Administrative Procedure Act; due process; Patel v. Garland

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