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• South Carolina domestic violence (4th Cir.); Afghan and Iraqi Allies, et al. v. Blinken, et al (D.C. Cir.); Jajati v. CBP (9th Cir.)

Smith v. Garland, No. 22-954 (9th Cir. June 3, 2024)

• authentication of domestic records; 8 C.F.R. § 287.6; exhaustion; government failure to raise argument; CAT protection; Guyana

Smith v. Garland, et. al, No. 23-2874 (7th Cir. June 3, 2024)

• arbitrary and capricious; motion to dismiss; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(16)(i) and (ii); summary of adverse evidence; marriage fraud; procedural due process; substantive due process

Soni v. Jaddou, No. 23-3220 (7th Cir. June 6, 2024)

• I-601A waivers; delay; mandamus; action; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v)

A.P.A. v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 21-10496 (11th Cir. June 6, 2024)

• one year asylum filing deadline; prior precedent rule; “satisfaction of the Attorney General” language in INA; mixed question of law and fact; transgender women; pattern or practice of persecution; Mexico

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Huynh v. Garland, No. 23-1318 (8th Cir. May 28, 2024)

• sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; possession of child pornography; INA § 101(A)(43)(a); Iowa Code § 728.12(3); INA § 101(a)(43)(L); CIMT; realistic provability and case exemplars

Lopez-Sorto v. Garland, No. 21-2107 (4th Cir. May 31, 2024)

• CAT protection; mootness and physical removal; ICE’s Facilitation of Return Policy; reverting back to LPR status; Rodriguez-Arias; J-F-F-; aggregating torture; El Salvador; expert testimony

Stankiewicz v. Garland, No. 21-6265 (2d Cir. May 31, 2024)

• relating to controlled substance; closes match for generic offense; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); Matter of Rosa; distributing a controlled substance on or near school property, in violation of N.J. Stat. § 2C:35-7; 21 U.S.C. § 841; 21 U.S.C. § 860; double jeopardy and different sentences don’t necessarily mean divisibility; Mathis peak last resort; jury instructions with fill in the blank for drug

Black v. Decker, No. 20-3224 (2d Cir. May 31, 2024)

• mandatory detention; INA § 236(c); Mathews Test; government interest; ability to pay and alternative means; bond hearing; Jennings; prolonged detention

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Brown v. United States, No. 22-6389 (U.S. May 23, 2024)

• sentence enhancement; ACCA; Pennsylvania marijuana; Florida cocaine; categorical approach point of comparison

Matter of M-N-I-, 28 I&N Dec. 803 (BIA 2024)

• choice of law; change of venue; Matter of Garcia; administrative control court; notice of hearing

Tulung v. Garland, No. 23-2430 (1st Cir. May 21, 2024)

• changed country condition motion to reopen; Chinese Christian; Indonesia; cumulative evidence; point of comparison; new evidence

Durakovic v. Garland, No. 23-2430 (8th Cir. May 20, 2024)

• Bosnian Muslims; religion and nexus; police information; one central reason vs. a reason; asylum and withholding nexus standard

Leger v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 22-10971 (11th Cir. May 20, 2024)

• sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(A); Said and marijuana; prior precedent rule; Fla. Stat. § 800.04(4); age differential; statutory rape; generic definition and statutory construction; deficient NTA; claims processing rule argument misconstrued by BIA as jurisdiction

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Sorto-Vasquez Kidd, et al. v. Mayorkas, et al., (C.D. Cal. May 15, 2024)

• knock and arrest; knock and talk; curtilage; Fourth Amendment; injunctive relief; vacating ICE policy and practice; Aleman Gonzalez; INA § 242(f)

Matter of Furtado, 28 I&N Dec. 794 (BIA 2024)

• Hague Act Adoption and I-130; exceptions; internal USCIS policy; Central Authority letter; habitual residence

Djokro v. Garland, No. 23-1712 (1st Cir. May 17, 2024)

• changed country condition motion to reopen; Sihotang v. Sessions; Chinese Christian; Indonesia

Marquez Cruz v. Garland, No. 23-1676 (4th Cir. May 14, 2024)

• crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; attempted second degree child sexual abuse under D.C. Code §§ 22-3009 and 22-3018; attempt crimes and INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i)

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Suate-Orellana v. Garland, No. 19-72446 (9th Cir. May 7, 2024) 

• deficient NTA; reinstatement; exhaustion; claims processing rule; INA § 241(a)(5) not jurisdictional; Santos-Zacaria and clearly irreconcilable precedent

Galvez-Vicencio v. Garland, No. 23-3018 (8th Cir. May 6, 2024) 

• reasonable fear review; family based particular social group; fear of cartels; retribution; Mexico

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Sanchez-Perez v. Garland, No. 23-3004 (6th Cir. Apr. 30, 2024)

• misdemeanor domestic assault under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-111; crime of domestic violence; physical force; mental harms; bodily injury; United Staes v. Castleman

Saleh v. Garland, No. 22-3036 (6th Cir. May 2, 2024)

• expert witness; attorney concessions; holistic approach to aggregate CAT analysis; Iraq

Loredo Rangel v. Garland, No. 23-60089 (5th Cir. May 1, 2024)

• past persecution; non-physical harm; extreme harm; Mexican Navy

Donis-Hernandez de Cabrera v. Garland, No. 23-1266 (1st Cir. May 2, 2024)

• Mara 18; extortion; death threats; small business owners; immutability; social distinction; state department reports; Guatemala 

Rosas-Martinez v. Garland, No. 22-2474 (8th Cir. May 3, 2024)

• CAT deferral; Sinaloa Cartel; Mexican government acquiescence; BIA overturning IJ; J‑F-F-; relocation; discrepancy with unpublished BIA decisions 

Cuenca Figueredo v. Carmen Rojas, No. 23-12566 (11th Cir. May 1, 2024)

• Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; child settled in U.S.; immigration status; Venezuela 

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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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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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 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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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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