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Ep. 181 - Precedential Decisions from 10/9/2023 - 10/15/2023 (Patron Shout Out!; reasonable relocation; testimony alone for relocation; economic discrimination; indigenous; Quechua; Ecuador) Oct 16, 2023

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Caz v. Garland, No. 23-1108 (1st Cir. Oct. 11, 2023)

reasonable relocation; testimony alone for relocation; economic discrimination; indigenous; Quechua; Ecuador

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Ep. 180 - Precedential Decisions from 10/2/2023 - 10/8/2023 (ABA Immigrant Justice Project; aggravated felony theft offense; exhaustion; mental health and particularly serious crime; unable or unwilling to protect; Guatemalan women of Mayan ancestry) Oct 09, 2023

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Kemokai v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 21-12743 (11th Cir. Oct. 2, 2023)

aggravated felony theft offense; § 101(a)(43)(G); Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 17; Santos-Zacaria; exhaustion requirement in the Eleventh Circuit; B-Z-R-; mental health; particularly serious crime

Nerio Perez v. Garland, No. 22-2434 (7th Cir. Oct. 3, 2023)

unable or unwilling to protect; protective order; Mayan ancestry; women; Guatemala

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Ep. 179 - Precedential Decisions from 9/25/2023 - 10/1/2023 (ASISTA; divisibility; Pennsylvania controlled substance; driving while under the influence of marijuana; FTCA; Bivens; equitable tolling; sexual assault by ICE officers) Oct 02, 2023

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Pesikan v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 20-3307 (3d Cir. Sept. 26, 2023)

divisibility; 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3802; controlled substance; driving while under the influence of marijuana; charging document; Mathis peak

Doe v. United States, No. 22-843 (2d Cir. Aug. 1, 2023)

FTCA; Bivens; equitable tolling; sexual assault by ICE officers; extraordinary circumstance; due diligence

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Ep. 178 - Precedential Decisions from 9/18/2023 - 9/24/2023 (federal loss amount; U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1; Child Status Protection Act; finality of conviction; Matter of J.M. Acosta) Sep 25, 2023

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United States v. Kousisis (CA3), Ed’s Article, and Kim’s Award!

federal loss amount; U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1; Child Status Protection Act (CSPA); my wife! (Borat voice)

St. John v. Garland, No. 22-1695 (1st Cir. Sept. 19, 2023)

finality of conviction; Matter of J.M. Acosta; vacating conviction in Massachusetts; negative inference

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Ep. 177 - Precedential Decisions from 9/11/2023 - 9/17/2023 (reasonable possibility standard; stop-time rule; parole; CIMT - NY retroactivity & receipt of stolen property; NJ Disorderly Conduct; Salvadoran business owners; voluntary departure) Sep 18, 2023

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Hermosillo v. Garland, No. 18-71220 (9th Cir. Sept. 14, 2023)

reasonable fear interview; reasonable possibility standard; 10%; credible testimony satisfies nexus and police acquiesce

Rudnitskyy v. Garland, No. 21-1098 (9th Cir. Sept. 14, 2023)

“rendered inadmissible”; INA § 240A(d)(1)(B); cancellation of removal; stop-time rule; Barton

Matter of Cabrera-Fernandez, 28 I&N Dec. 747 (BIA 2023)

humanitarian parole under INA § 212(d)(5)(A); conditional parole under INA § 236(a)(2)(B); Jennings; applicant for admission; Cuban Adjustment Act

Peguero Vasquez v. Garland, No. 21-6380 (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2023)

possession of a forged instrument under N.Y. Pen. Law § 170.20; retroactivity; N.Y. Pen. Law. § 70.15(1-a); CIMT; one year term of imprisonment; vacatur of conviction (dicta)

Avila v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 22-1374 (3d Cir. Sept. 14, 2023)

N.J. Stat. § 2C:20-4(a); CIMT; Matter of S. Wong; definition of conviction under INA § 101(a)(48)(A); Chevron; Castillo;sexual violence asylum claims; Honduras; A-R-C-G-

Munoz-De Zalaya v. Garland, No. 22-60505 (5th Cir. Sept. 12, 2023)

Salvadoran business owners; nexus; particular social group; gangs; El Salvador; deficient NTA; Santos-Zacaria; exhaustion

Solis-Flores v. Garland, No. 22-1147 (4th Cir. Sept. 11, 2023)

receipt of stolen property CIMT; VA Code § 18.2-108; realistic probability test; post conclusion voluntary departure; 8 C.F.R. § 1240.26(c)(3)(i); timing to advise voluntary departure bond

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Ep. 176 - Precedential Decisions from 9/4/2023 - 9/10/2023 (cocaine isomers; gay men as PSG; reporting harm to police; fears of gangs for CAT and asylum; voluntary departure & motions to reopen; prison guards as PSG; reasonable fear review) Sep 11, 2023

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USA v. Minter, No. 21-3102 (2d Cir. Sept. 6, 2023)

sale of cocaine; N.Y. Penal Law § 220.39; serious drug offense; definition of isomer; realistic probability test

Matter of C-G-T-, 28 I&N Dec. 740 (BIA 2023)

one-year deadline; gay men in the Dominican Republic; reasonableness of reporting harm to police; reporting harm as child; sexual identity as immutable; statement of persecutor and nexus

Ponce-Flores v. Garland, No. 21-2377 (4th Cir. Sept. 6, 2023)

gang-based CAT deferral; aggregate torture; police corruption; acquiescence; former gang member; MS-13; harm in U.S. prison; Honduras

Velázquez v. Garland, No. 22-9576 (10th Cir. Sept. 8, 2023)

voluntary departure; deadline on a weekend; extending statutory deadline; motion to reopen; failure to depart

Martinez-De Umana v. Garland, No. 22-60340 (5th Cir. Sept. 8, 2023)

gang-based asylum fear; MS-13; Matter of Fuentes; fear because prison guard or police officer; Dr. Thomas Boerman; considering expert testimony; Ministry of Justice; El Salvador

Alonso-Juarez v. Garland, No. 15-72821 (9th Cir. Sept. 8, 2023)

reasonable fear review; Nasrallah; 30 day rule; claims processing rule; jurisdiction; Guzman Chavez; final order of removal; reinstatement; Bhaktibhai-Patel; Santos-Zacaria; Suspension Clause

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Ep. 175 - Precedential Decisions from 8/28/2023 - 9/3/2023 (credibility - border interviews & inconsistencies; jurisdiction & motions to reopen; naturalization & good moral character; polygamy; house church Christian in China; CIMT; menacing in Oregon) Sep 04, 2023

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Pomavilla-Zaruma v. Garland, No. 20-3230 (2d Cir. Aug. 30, 2023)

credibility; border interview; credible fear interview transcript; Ramsameachire factors

Trejo-Gamez v. Garland, No. 21-3329 (8th Cir. Aug. 30, 2023)

jurisdiction; motion to reopen to present new evidence; ineffective assistance of counsel; Patel; abuse of discretion

Uulu v. Garland, No. 22-1973 (7th Cir. Sept. 1, 2023)

adverse credibility; inconsistencies; corroborating inconsistent testimony; recollection and trauma; Kyrgyzstan

Al-Hasani v. DHS, No. 22-1603 (3d Cir. Aug. 30, 2023)

naturalization; good moral character; INA § 101(f); definition of polygamy; bigamy; INA § 212(a)(10)(A); Chevron deference; Matter of G-; definition of practice

Lin v. Garland, No. 22-3807 (6th Cir. Sept. 1, 2023)

objective fear of persecution; underground house church Christian; opposition to family planning; longtime police interest in arrest; past harm and future individualized risk; reasonableness of relocation; 8 C.F.R. § 210.13(b)(3);China

Flores-Vasquez v. Garland, No. 20-73447 (9th Cir. Aug. 31, 2023)

CIMT; Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.190; Matter of J-G-P-; assault; menacing; intent to fear

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Ep. 174 - Precedential Decisions from 8/21/2023 - 8/27/2023 (CAT deferral; prosecution as persecution; extortion & asylum; credibility & inconsistencies; wire fraud; +$10,000 loss; child soldier & mental health in Sudan) Aug 28, 2023

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Murillo Morocho v. Garland, No. 22-1881 (1st Cir. Aug. 21, 2023)

CAT deferral; prosecution as persecution; consent or acquiesce; willful blindness; prison violence in Ecuador

Montoya-Lopez v. Garland, No. 23-1036 (1st Cir. Aug. 21, 2023)

past persecution; particular social group; “family members of a business owner perceived as wealthy”; "people who have fled gangs instead of continuing to pay extortion"; extortion as persecution; economic deprivation; El Salvador

Munoz-Rivera v. Garland, No. 22-3124 (7th Cir. Aug. 24, 2023)

domestic violence type asylum; material inconsistency; waiver of argument

Robbertse v. Garland, No. 22-1739 (8th Cir. Aug. 21, 2023)

wire fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1343; aggravated identity theft; 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(c)(5); INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); circumstance specific approach; over $10,000; sentencing documents and burdens; plea colloquy; particularly serious crime; N-A-M-

Deng v. Garland, No. 22-3621 (8th Cir. Aug. 25, 2023)

CAT deferral; child soldier; South Sudan; hypothetical link in the chain; torture in prison; mental health

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Ep. 173 - Precedential Decisions from 8/14/2023 - 8/20/2023 (CAT; under color of law; controlled substance attempted delivery; crime of violence; search of attorney cell phone at the border; credibility; termination; constitutional & regulatory violation) Aug 21, 2023

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Matter of J-G-R-, 28 I&N Dec. 733 (BIA 2023)

CAT protection; under color of law; police uniforms; § 1983; official capacity; O-F-A-S-; Ninth Circuit difference

USA v. Campos, No. 21-3524 (8th Cir. Aug. 15, 2023)

controlled substance offense; Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.112; means vs. elements; attempted delivery; Ochoa-Salgado; federal attempt definition

Green v. Garland, No. 22-2335 (8th Cir. Aug. 16, 2023)

crime of violence; INA § 101(a)(43)(F); Hobbs Act robbery; Taylor; § 212h) review notwithstanding Patel

Malik v. DHS, No. 22-10772 (5th Cir. Aug. 17, 2023)

with special guest Ira Kurzban!; border search; cell phone search; reasonable suspicion; injury

Kolov v. Garland, No. 22-3760 (6th Cir. Aug. 18, 2023)

jurisdiction; final order of removal; Nasrallah; reviewability; Guzman-Chavez;withholding-only proceedings; omissions; adverse credibility

Aguayo v. Garland, No. 20-9651 (10th Cir. Aug. 18, 2023)

termination; Matter of Garcia-Flores; prejudice; prolonged detention; egregious constitutional violation; regulatory violation

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Ep. 172 - Precedential Decisions from 8/7/2023 - 8/13/2023 (motion to reopen - prima facie, ineffective assistance of counsel & changed country conditions; unable or unwilling; pardons; denaturalization; materiality; money laundering; CIMT) Aug 14, 2023

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Fonseca-Fonseca v. Garland, No. 20-71977 (9th Cir. Aug. 8, 2023)

prima facie standard; Coelho; L-O-G-; reasonable likelihood; motion to reopen

Garcia-Gonzalez v. Garland, No. 22-60501 (5th Cir. Aug. 7, 2023)

ineffective assistance of counsel motion to reopen; prima facie eligibility; prejudice; sua sponte reopening; family based particular social group
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Yoc Esteban v. Garland, No. 22-1778 (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2023)

ineffective assistance of counsel motion to reopen; prima facie eligibility; prejudice; failure to specific particular social group

Vila-Castro v. Garland, No. 21-2011 (1st Cir. Aug. 8, 2023)

unable or unwilling; acquiesce; police inaction; American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (“APRA”); Peru

Reyes-Corado v. Garland, No. 18-70225 (9th Cir. Aug. 11, 2023)

changed country condition motion to reopen; reliance on affidavits; Guatemalan Civil War; family dispute; no need to file new asylum application

Wojciechowicz v. Garland, No. 22-1086 (7th Cir. Aug. 8, 2023)

Governor’s pardon; inadmissibility; statute vs. FAM; ICE ignoring stay; INA § 237(a)(2)(A)(vi)

USA v. Cheboss, No. 22-2617 (8th Cir. Aug. 11, 2023)

denaturalization; material misrepresentation; Maslenjak; materiality; INA § 101(f)(6); definition of testimony; false statement for someone else’s immigration benefit

USA v. Lopez, No. 21-12709 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2023)

categorical approach and conspiracy offenses; CIMT; denaturalization; conspiracy to commit money laundering; 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h); divisibility; overbroad Indictment; 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B); 18 U.S.C. § 1957; base vile or depraved even if deceit; Zarate

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