Case round up: United States v. Burwell , No. 16-3009 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 9, 2024) – crime of violence; divisibility; Federal bank robbery in violation of U.S.C. § 2113(a); common law robbery; Mathis peek; jury instructions Treez, Inc. v. DHS, Case No. 22-cv-07027 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2024) – marijuana dispensary; H-1B; aiding and abetting controlled substance act violation Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, et al ., No. 23-583 (U.S. Dec. 10, 2024) revocation of I-130 petition; INA § 204(c); jurisdiction; discretio...
Dec 16, 2024•49 min
Escobar Larin v. Garland , No. 23-2088 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2024) mental health; extraordinary circumstances exception to one-year asylum deadline; changed circumstances; aggregating all sources of torture; gangs; El Salvador Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. Docketwise "Modern immigration software & case management" Cerena...
Dec 09, 2024•18 min
Lamine Kouyate v. Garland , No. 23-1960 (4th Cir. Nov. 27, 2024) CAT deferral; political power in Guinea; exhaustion of particularly serious crime argument before the BIA; MD. Crim. Code § 8-301(c)(2)(i) identity fraud Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. Docketwise "Modern immigration software & case management" Cerenade "...
Dec 02, 2024•15 min
Diaz-Valdez v. Garland , No. 23-1576 (1st Cir. Nov. 22, 2024) BIA notice of appeal deadlines; equitable tolling; diligence; extraordinary circumstances; attorney statements; evidentiary sufficiency; guaranteed delivery Matter of Larios-Gutierrez De Pablo and Pablo-Larios , 28 I&N Dec. 868 (BIA 2024) timely objection to deficient NTA; retroactivity; Matter of Fernandes ; claims processing rule; change of law USA v. Minor , No. 22-51083 (5th Cir. Nov. 20, 2024) federal definition of marijuana;...
Nov 25, 2024•30 min
Aleman Belloso v. Garland , No. 23-114 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024) nexus; church leader; political opinion; particular social group - influential church leaders; no requirement to report harm for CAT; circularity not fatal; agency misconstruing PSG; no need to report government harm; FMLN; El Salvador Manuel-Soto v. Att'y Gen. U.S. , No. 24-1089 (3d Cir. Nov. 12, 2024) small business owners; particularity; immutability; police investigation and unable or unwilling; Guatemala Urias-Orellana v. Garla...
Nov 18, 2024•40 min
Reid v. Garland , No. 20-3324 (2d Cir. Nov. 5, 2024) mental competency; Matter of M-A-M- safeguards; due process; no prejudice required; termination for regulator violations Morgan v. Garland , No. 24-1280 (1st Cir. Nov. 5, 2024) serious reasons for believing noncitizen has committed serious non-political crime; probable cause; police acquiescence standard for CAT protection; failure to act; exhaustion; gangs; Jamaica Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Im...
Nov 11, 2024•25 min
Farhane v. United States , No. 20-1666 (2d Cir. Oct. 31, 2024) (en banc) denaturalization; ineffective assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings; Strickland ; collateral consequences; Padilla Matter of Khan , 28 I&N Dec. 850 (BIA 2024) CIMT; categorical approach; consideration elements of sentence enhancement; gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated; Cal. Pen. Code § 191.5(b); sentencing enhancement for fleeing the scene of an accident Cal. Veh. Code § 20001(c); combining mens rea...
Nov 04, 2024•49 min
Corpeno-Romero, et al. v. Garland , No. 23-576 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024) past persecution; death threats; nexus; family membership; no requirement to wait to be killed; emotional trauma; lessened-harm standard for children; mixed motive and family based asylum; M-18 gang; El Salvador Al Otro Lado, et al. v. EOIR, et al., No. 22-55988 (9th Cir. Oct. 23, 2024) metering; Asylum Transit Rule; nationwide injunction; APA Garcia Oliva v. Garland , No. 23-1841 (1st Cir. Oct. 21, 2024) adverse credibility...
Oct 28, 2024•35 min
Montejo-Gonzalez, et al. v. Garland , No. 21-304 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2024) in absentia motion to reopen based on exceptional circumstances; unconscionable result of removal; totality of the circumstances; traffic accidents; children; prima facie relief inapplicable Vargas-Salazar v. Garland , No. 23-2097 (1st Cir. Oct. 17, 2024) past persecution; unfulfilled threats; outpatient medical treatment; gangs; extortion; Ecuador Figueroa v. Garland , No. 22-1272 (1st Cir. Oct. 17, 2024) Nicaraguan Adjus...
Oct 21, 2024•26 min
Meza Diaz, et al. v. Garland , No. 23-973 (9th Cir. Oct. 8, 2024) family-based past persecution claim; harm to family members as persecution; nexus for kidnapping; unable or unwilling to control only in home city; police statement that they cannot protect; cartel; Mexico Alvarado-Reyes v. Garland , No. 23-1726 (1st Cir. Oct. 7, 2024) nexus; family; Salvadoran men; resistance to gang recruitment; BIA reasoned consideration; due process and indiscernible transcripts; El Salvador Next Lawyer Up Pod...
Oct 14, 2024•20 min
Nguyen v. Jaddou , No. 23-20597 (5th Cir. Oct. 3, 2024) EB-3 visa; revoked I-140 petition; portability; successor-in-interest; jurisdiction Singh v. Garland , No. 23-95 (9th Cir. Oct. 4, 2024) credibility; Matter of R-K-K- ; similar affidavits; DHS charts; relocation; speculation; absence from Department of State report; Mann Party; Sikh; India Next Lawyer Up Podcast Episode 153 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Kevin Gregg | Bond & Botes Law Offices (bondnbotes.com) https://www.bo...
Oct 07, 2024•28 min
Tereshchenko v. Karimi , No. 24-172 (2d Cir. May 16, 2024) Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; wrongful removal; Interpol Yellow Notice; waiving affirmative defense; Ukraine United States v. Verdugo , 682 F. Supp. 3d 869 (S.D. Cal. 2023) generic federal definition of methamphetamine; analogs vs. isomers; Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 11379(a) and 11378; United States v. Rodriguez Gamboa Sridej v. Blinken , et al., No. 23-16021 (9th Cir. July 23, 2024) extradi...
Sep 30, 2024•28 min
Matter of Thakker , 28 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2024) Matter of Jurado ; temporary taking; Diaz Lizarraga ; retail theft; 18 Penn. Con. Stat § 3929(a)(l) Mazariegos-Rodas v. Garland , No. 21-4064 (6th Cir. Sept. 20, 2024) family nexus; due process, bias, and exhaustion; ignoring fact affidavits; substantial; gang need not explain reason for targeting; mixed motive; Matter of M-R-M-S- ; animus not required; generous BIA standard for mixed-motive cases; Brand-X Badose v. Garland , No. 23-1156 (1st Ci...
Sep 23, 2024•54 min
Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland , No. 21-6293 (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2024) Honduran women; harm by family as a child; failure to report as a child; unable or unwilling to protect; erroneous reliance on State Department report; failure to consider conflicting evidence Patel v. Garland , No. 23-3461 (6th Cir. Sept. 10, 2024) I-601; adjustment of status; Patel ; jurisdiction; judicial bias; manner of entry; erroneous factual finding and legal error Lopez v. Garland , No. 23-870 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2024)...
Sep 16, 2024•38 min
Matter of R-T-P- , 28 I&N Dec. 828 (BIA 2024) deficient NTA; claims processing rule; termination; IJ amending NTA United States v. Perez Garcia , No. 23-435 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2024) crime of violence; recklessness; Borden ; Cal. Pen. Code § 245(a)(1) assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm; intent, knowing; mens rea Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, an...
Sep 09, 2024•25 min
Mouns v. Garland , No. 22-1368 (4th Cir. Aug. 28, 2024) changed country condition motion to reopen; L-O-G- ; prima facie standard; Coelho ; reasonable likelihood; Yemen Matter of D. Rodriguez , 28 I&N Dec. 815 (BIA 2024) attempt; crimes of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; context; statutory interpretation; Congressional silence; Texas attempt; Tx Pen. Code §§ 15.01(a) and 22.04(a)(1); consideration of police reports in discretionary analysis Momin v. Jaddou , No. 23-20327 (5th Cir. Aug....
Sep 02, 2024•56 min
Aben v. Garland , No. 20-60937 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2024) Asylum; withholding of removal; CAT; imputed political opinion; substantial evidence; past persecution; nexus; corroborating evidence; Anglophone; Cameroon Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. Docketwise "Modern immigration software & case management" Stafi "Remote sta...
Aug 26, 2024•16 min
Bent v. Garland , No. 22-1910 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024) Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7(a)(1); equitably tolling for motion to reopen where criminal conviction vacated; due diligence; extraordinary circumstance United States v. Manzano , No. 23-6073 (10th Cir. Aug. 13, 2024) generic definition of murder; Oklahoma second degree murder in violation of Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 701.8; killing in commission of a non-dangerous felony Bernardo-De La Cruz v. Garland , No. 21-1621 (7th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024) voluntary...
Aug 19, 2024•50 min
Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9) Indian derivative visas and CSPA; translation errors in removal proceedings and right to counsel United States v. Munoz , No. 22-11574 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024) denaturalization; clearly erroneous; collateral estoppel; judicial estoppel; date of conspiracy and other criminal indictments; necessary for conviction Joshi v. Garland , No. 23-1236 (4th Cir. Aug. 8, 2024) involuntary mental health confinement as persecution;...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Save Jobs USA v. DHS , No. 23-5089 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 2, 2024) challenging DHS regulations; Washtech ; H-4 employment authorization; Major Questions Doctrine; star decisis Jani v. Garland , No. 22-1397 (1st Cir. July 30, 2024) material support of terrorism bar to asylum; fundamental fairness and due process; indiscernible transcript Jemaah Islamiya; appeal of only derivative grant but not lead grant; Chinese ethnicity; Indonesia Dubon v. Jaddau , No. 22-2280 (4th Cir. July 29, 2024) INA § 336(b); n...
Aug 05, 2024•45 min
Shen v. Garland , No. 16-71315 (9th Cir. July 24, 2024) administrative notice of foreign law; forced abortion; 2003 change in law for Chinese premarital checkups; exhaustion of sub-arguments; Alam ; credibility; mistaken memory may lead to change in testimony; DHS misstating facts on cross-examination Colin-Villavicencio v. Garland , No. 22-507 (9th Cir. July 23, 2024) derivative citizenship; former INA § 321 (repealed); Cheneau ; paternity established by legitimation; Baja California Mexico Cod...
Jul 29, 2024•56 min
All about Ira Kurzban and Immigrants' List: Attorney Profile: https://www.kktplaw.com/attorney/kurzban-ira-j-esq/ Get involved with Immigrants' List: https://www.immigrantslist.org/ Order Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook: https://www.aila.org/shop/products/view/kurzbans-immigration-law-sourcebook Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over ...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Paye v. Garland , No. 23-1426 (1st Cir. July 17, 2024) flight from ethnic cleansing and genocide as past persecution; INA § 242(a)(2)(C) jurisdiction Ramos-Gutierrez v. Garland , No. 23-1885 (1st Cir. July 18, 2024) particularly social group; nexus; circularity; example of what happens when you report on gangs in El Salvador Ortega-Cordova v. Garland , No. 22-1700 (4th Cir. July 16, 2024) evolving definition of CIMT; solicitation of prostitution in violation of VA Code § 18.2-346(B); federal def...
Jul 22, 2024•35 min
Azumah v. USCIS , No. 22-2175 (4th Cir. July 9, 2024) naturalization; lawfully admitted for permanent residence; 8 C.F.R. § 316.2(b); applicant for admission Bador v. Garland , No. 22-6492 (2d Cir. July 11, 2024) INA § 237(a)(1)(H) waiver; conditional permanent resident; INA § 216(c)(4)(B); I-751; Vasquez v. Holder ; bonafide marriage; Matter of Bador Aguilar v. Att'y Gen. U.S. , No. 18-3320 (3d Cir. July 10, 2024) pre-trial detention; “confined as a result of conviction”; good moral character; ...
Jul 15, 2024•38 min
All about Eric Lee: Law Firm Website (Diamante Law): https://www.diamantelaw.com/meet-our Email: elee@diamantelaw.com Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. Docketwise "Modern immigration software & case management" Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Promo Code: stafi2024 Get Started! Promo Code: FR...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Gutierrez v. Garland , Nos., 22-554, 21-130 (9th Cir. July 2, 2024) carjacking in violation of Cal. Pen. Code § 215(a); aggravated felony crime of violence; crime involving moral turpitude; statute silent on mens rea ; Borden ; California robbery; res judicata Cruz Galicia v. Garland , No. 23-1910 (1st Cir. July 1, 2024) climate refugees; particular social group; review by three member panel; Guatemala Williams v. Garland , No. 20-2074 (1st Cir. July 2, 2024) former INA § 212(c) relief; ignoring...
Jul 08, 2024•45 min
Links!!!! All about AILA All about Farshad All about Kelli Farshad's AILA Annual Conference 2024 Speech Kelli's AILA Annual Conference 2024 Speech Sponsors and friends of the podcast! Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. Immigration, serious injury, and business lawyers serving clients in Florida, California, and all over the world for over 40 years. Docketwise "Modern immigration software & case management" Stafi "Remote staffing solutions for businesses of all sizes" Promo Code: stafi202...
Jul 02, 2024•47 min
Guardian article on Honduras Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , No. 22-451 (U.S. June 28, 2024) deference to agencies; APA; Chevron ; star decisis Santiago Lopez v. Garland , No. 23-2081 (7th Cir. June 24, 2024) non-LPR cancellation of removal; Wilkinson ; discretionary determination; procedural vs. substantive challenge; timelines of deficient NTA challenge Manzano v. Garland , No. 22-704 (9th Cir. June 25, 2024) nexus; Jehovah’s Witnesses; religion; one central reason; extortion-plus; 18th...
Jul 01, 2024•45 min
Department of State v. Munoz , No. 23-334 (U.S. June 21, 2024) fundamental right to live with one’s spouse in the United States; due process; doctrine of consular nonreviewability Matter of H-C-R-C- , 28 I&N Dec. 809 (BIA 2024) lawful sanction cannot defeat the CAT; prison rape; credibility Garcia Cortes v. Garland , No. 22-1930 (4th Cir. June 17, 2024) non-LPR cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson ; standard of review; mixed question of law and fact ...
Jun 24, 2024•53 min
Campos-Chaves v. Garland , No. 22-674 (U.S. June 14, 2024) in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; statutory interpretation; Notice of Hearing; INA § 239(a)(2); “change”; “new”; “any” United States v. Venjohn , No. 23-8028 (10th Cir. June 10, 2024) crime of violence; Colorado Stat. § 18-3-206; state appellate case law binds for categorical approach; Taylor ; threatened use of force Diaz-Hernandez v. Garland , No. 22-2103 (4th Cir. June 10, 2024) one central reason vs. a reason standard; nex...
Jun 17, 2024•39 min