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Ep. 201- Precedential Decisions from 2/26/2024 - 3/3/2024 (withholding-only review & reinstatement; final order; BIA reweighing evidence; nexus - indigenous women; Mexicans with mental health disorders & exhibit erratic behavior; deficient NTA reopening) Mar 04, 2024

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F.J.A.P. v. Garland, No. 21-2284 (7th Cir. Feb. 27, 2024)

withholding-only review; Nasrallah; 30 day rule; claims processing rule; jurisdiction; Guzman Chavez; final order of removal; reinstatement; Bhaktibhai-Patel; Santos-Zacaria; statutory interpretation; presumption of review; clear error and credibility; reweighing evidence; failure to identify IJ errors; MS-13; extortion; El Salvador

Esteban-Garcia v. Garland, No. 23-1701 (1st Cir. Feb. 29, 2024)

nexus; indigenous women; forced prostitution; Guatemala

Uribe Andrade v. Garland, No. 21-1244 (9th Cir. Mar. 1, 2024)

particular social group; particularity; Mexicans with mental health disorders characterized by psychotic features who exhibit erratic behavior; defining terms; mental health facility; gang tattoos; Villegas; Mexico

Amador-Morales v. Garland, No. 22-3653 (8th Cir. Feb. 27, 2024)

deficient NTA motion to reopen; intervening change of law; Matter of Fernandes; close of pleadings

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Ep. 200!!! - Precedential Decisions from 2/19/2024 - 2/25/2024 (vacated criminal conviction; procedural or substantive defect; reopening; reasonable relocation; Mann Party & India; crime of violence; Ohio robbery) Feb 26, 2024

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Matter of Azrag, 28 I&N Dec. 784 (BIA 2024)

vacated criminal conviction; Thomas and Thompson; procedural or substantive defect; burden of proof; reasons for vacating

Singh Bhagtana v. Garland, No. 20-1673 (2d. Cir. Feb. 22, 2024)

reasonable relocation outside of Punjab State; Sikh; Mann Party; India

Singh v. Garland, No. 23-2289 (8th Cir. Feb. 23, 2024)

changed country condition motion to reopen; abandoned asylum application; due process and COVID-19; Sikh; Mann Party; BJP; India

United States v. Ivey, No. 22-4052 (6th Cir. Feb. 20, 2024)

crime of violence; aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon under Oh. Rev. Code § 2911.01(A)(1); generic robbery; generic extortion; Borden; Oh. Rev. Code § 2913.01(K)

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Ep. 199 - Precedential Decisions from 2/12/2024 - 2/18/2024 (repatriated Somalis; CAT protection; acquiesce; aggravated felony theft offense; drugs & realistic probability test in CA5; marriage fraud & § 204(c) investigations) Feb 19, 2024

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Herrow v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 22-1854 (3d Cir. Feb. 13, 2024)

repatriated Somalis; particularity and distinction; Westernized Somalis; CAT protection; acquiesce; Georgetown Report; Reer Hamar Bendiri; Al Shabaab; Somalia

Guzman-Maldonado v. Garland, No. 23-9 (9th Cir. Feb. 14, 2024)

aggravated felony theft offense; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); Arizona robbery; Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-1904(A); consensual theft; intent and force

Alejos-Perez v. Garland, No. 22-60555 (5th Cir. Feb. 16, 2024)

Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.1161 (possession of a substance in Penalty Group 2-A); Carter; realistic probability test; exhaustion; Santos Zacaria; failure to cite case law

Mestanek v. Jaddou, No. 22-2285 (4th Cir. Feb. 13, 2024)

INA § 204(c); FDNS; marriage fraud; Florida divorce; APA; Homeland Security Act of 2002; reweighing evidence; presumption of regulatory; 8 C.F.R. § 103.2(b)(16); exceptions to review of A-File; Matter of Singh

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Ep. 198 - Precedential Decisions from 2/5/2024 - 2/11/2024 (I-751; joint filing; U-visa disclosure; penalties; 8 U.S.C. § 1367; willfulness; assault resulting in serious bodily injury; crime of violence; mens rea; presumption of indivisibility) Feb 12, 2024

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Matter of Bernardo, 28 I&N Dec. 781 (BIA 2024)

I-751; joint filing; allegation of marriage fraud; properly filed; duress and coercion

Patel v. Jaddou, No. 24-0026 (6th Cir. Feb. 9, 2024)

U-visa disclosure; penalties; 8 U.S.C. § 1367; willfulness; APA; private right of action against federal officials

United States v. Devereaux, No. 22-1203 (10th Cir. Feb. 6, 2024)

assault resulting in serious bodily injury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(6); crime of violence; mens rea divisibility; presumption of indivisibility; general intent; Borden

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Ep. 197 - Precedential Decisions from 1/29/2024 - 2/4/2024 (deficient NTA; Form I-261; persecution because of debts; motion to reopen & mental health; mixed adverse credibility finding; clearly and beyond doubt admissible & false claim to citizenship) Feb 05, 2024

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Matter of Aguilar Hernandez, 28 I&N Dec. 774 (BIA 2024)

deficient NTA; Form I-261; interlocutory appeal; termination; regulatory interpretation; factual and legal allegations in an NTA; Niz-Chavez dicta

Gaspar-Felipe v. Garland, No. 22-3372 (8th Cir. Jan. 30, 2024)

indigenous asylum claim; persecution because of debts; family remaining in country of fear; Guatemala

Davis v. Garland, No. 22-3262 (8th Cir. Feb. 1, 2024)

motion to reopen; asylum waiver; mental health; mental competency; new and previously unavailable evidence

Lopez-Benitez v. Garland, No. 22-1808 (4th Cir. Jan. 30, 2024)

nexus; incidental or tangential; MS-13 extortion as persecution; exhaustion post-Santos-Zacaria; El Salvador

Ayala-Osegueda v. Garland, No. 22-1707 (4th Cir. Feb. 1, 2024)

mixed adverse credibility finding; express credibility; family based particular social group; nexus; persuasiveness; asylum despite adverse credibility; extortion; MS-13; El Salvador

Nivar Santana v. Garland, No. 22-2114 (4th Cir. Feb. 2, 2024)

clearly and beyond doubt admissible; adjustment of status; false claim to citizenship; definition of “assimilation”; military service; evidentiary admission and fundamental fairness

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Ep. 196 - Precedential Decisions from 1/22/2024 - 1/28/2024 (imminent death threats alone & persecution/torture; mixed motive, family group & nexus; unable or unwilling; BIA reweighing evidence; applicant for admission; derivative citizenship & standing) Jan 29, 2024

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Pineda-Maldonado v. Garland, No. 20-1912 (1st Cir. Jan. 24, 2024)

past torture; past persecution; death threats alone; imminent threats; mixed motive; animus; family membership; cattle thieves; nexus standard for withholding; El Salvador

Owusu v. Garland, No. 24-0016 (6th Cir. Jan. 24, 2024)

police unable or unwilling to protect; failure to report; New Patriot Party; NPP; National Democrat Congress; NDC, Ghana

Mencia-Medina v. Garland, No. 20-1724 (8th Cir. Jan. 23, 2024)

special rule cancellation of removal under INA § 240A(b)(2); VAWA cancellation; abuse as a discretionary factor; BIA reweighing evidence; exhaustion

United States v. Gambino-Ruiz, No. 21-50303 (9th Cir. Jan. 24, 2024)

applicant for admission; INA § 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I); Torres v. Barr; collateral attack of removal order; 8 U.S.C. § 1326; United States v. Palomar-Santiago; arriving alien

Lodge v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 22-10416 (11th Cir. Jan. 26, 2024)

former INA § 321(a); derivative citizenship; equal protection; race discrimination; third party standing

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Ep. 195 - Precedential Decisions from 1/15/2024 - 1/21/2024 (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act; motion to reopen; minor; newly available evidence; Domestic Abuse Assault, Enhanced under Iowa Code § 708.2A(3)(b); crime of violence) Jan 22, 2024

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Velasquez-Castillo v. Garland, No. 21-60681 (5th Cir. Jan. 17, 2024)

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”); motion to reopen; minor; newly available evidence; changed country conditions; failure to consider evidence; sexual orientation; Honduras

United States v. Daye, No. 23-1048 (8th Cir. Jan. 16, 2024)

Domestic Abuse Assault, Enhanced under Iowa Code § 708.2A(3)(b); DAAE; crimes of violence; waive divisibility argument despite separate penalty provisions; realistic probability; simple assault

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Ep. 194 - Precedential Decisions from 1/8/2024 - 1/14/2024 (bond; collateral estoppel; INA § 236(a); Bail Reform Act; crime of violence; VICAR; felony murder; divisibility; means vs. elements) Jan 15, 2024

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Matter of Panin, 28 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2024)

bond; collateral estoppel; INA § 236(a); Bail Reform Act

United States v. Ortiz-Orellana, No. 16-4844 (4th Cir. Jan. 10, 2024)

crime of violence; VICAR; felony murder; divisibility; means vs. elements; impotance of jury instructions; crime of violence

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Ep. 193 - Precedential Decisions from 1/1/2024 - 1/7/2024 (adverse credibility; omission; medical reports; past persecution harm; due process; unable or unwilling to protect; complete helplessness; three member panel; DHS failure to file brief; IJ bias) Jan 08, 2024

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Singh v. Garland, No. 23-1192 (7th Cir. Jan. 2, 2024)

adverse credibility; omission; medical reports; past persecution harm; due process challenge; exhaustion; Mann Party; Sikh; India

Mejia-Alvarenga v. Garland, No. 22-60554 (5th Cir. Jan. 3, 2024)

unable or unwilling to protect; complete helplessness; failure to report harm; rape; threats; due process; three member panel; DHS failure to file brief; IJ bias; TRAC

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Ep. 192 - Precedential Decisions from 12/26/2023 - 12/31/2023 (particular social group - circularity, distinction, criminal motives & nexus; Mendez Rojas class; sue sponte; crime of violence; abandonment, R-C-R- & good cause) Jan 01, 2024

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Espinoza-Ochoa v. Garland, No. 21-1431 (1st Cir. Dec. 27, 2023)

particular social group; social distinction; circularity; farmers; nexus; mixed motive; one central reason; retribution; criminal motives transforming into protected ground; revenge; gangs; Guatemala

Pascual-Miguel v. Garland, No. 20-2397 (8th Cir. Dec. 27, 2023)

ineffective assistance of counsel; prejudice; nexus; Mendez Rojas Class Settlement; untimely asylum application

Essel v. Garland, No. 22-2615 (8th Cir. Dec. 28, 2023)

sua sponte motion to reopen; equitable tolling; 3-year residency requirement for naturalization; exhaustion

Rodriguez-Hernandez v. Garland, No. 21-456 (9th Cir. Dec. 27, 2023)

crime of violence; harassment in violation of Wash. Rev. Code 9A.46.020(1); realistic possibility; other state crimes; divisibility; force against property; graffiti; CAT; Mexico

Alcarez-Rodriguez v. Garland, No. 21-411 (9th Cir. Dec. 28, 2023)

motion to remand for new evidence; reasonably available evidence; denial of relief as abandoned; missed filing deadline; good cause standard; Matter of R-C-R-;transgender HIV positive; Mexico

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