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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
08-72252	Guevara v. Holder Employment authorization issued to undocumented alien pending his status adjustment does not grant ‘admittance in any status’ to qualify for cancellation of removal.	Immigration			Jun. 6, 2011
09-71597	Ixcot v. Holder Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act cannot be applied retroactively to alien who submitted asylum application before its enactment.	Immigration			Jun. 2, 2011
07-71806	Irigoyen-Briones v. Holder Board of Immigration of Appeals errs in rejecting petitioner’s appeal, which was filed one day after deadline, where deadline was not jurisdictional.	Immigration			Jun. 1, 2011
09-115	Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Whiting Federal law does not preempt Arizona law, which requires suspension of business licenses of employers who knowingly employ unauthorized aliens.	Immigration			May 27, 2011
08-71868	Ayala v. Holder Former military officer must show persecution based on membership in group, not individual threat based on particular incident, to establish asylum eligibility.	Immigration			May 20, 2011
09-72954	Hoang v. Holder State misdemeanor conviction for rendering criminal assistance is not crime related to obstruction of justice constituting aggravated felony.	Immigration			May 18, 2011
09-17495	Leonardo v. Crawford Petitioner alleging prolonged immigration detention must exhaust administrative remedies by appealing to BIA following ‘Casas’ hearing, before seeking habeas review.	Immigration			May 16, 2011
07-71988	Pannu v. Holder BIA must reconsider whether failure to register as sex offender constitutes crime of moral turpitude under definition including scienter.	Immigration			May 12, 2011
05-73517	Galindo-Romero v. Holder Appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review cancellation of removal if neither BIA nor Immigration Judge ever issued final order of removal.	Immigration			May 10, 2011
06-75258	Zheng v. Holder Board of Immigration Appeals abuses its discretion when it fails to consider petitioner’s value and service to community in deciding relief for removability.	Immigration			May 9, 2011
06-71575	Go v. Holder Petitioner’s claim under Convention Against Torture fails because lack of harm to co-defendant in criminal prosecution undercut his fear of harm.	Immigration			May 6, 2011
07-71198	Paulo v. Holder Immigration judge is precluded from determining petitioner is ineligible for relief under Immigration and Nationality Act where district court previously determined eligibility.	Immigration			May 5, 2011
08-72849	Liu v. Holder Adverse credibility finding based on date discrepancy and failure to mention element central to asylum claim does not necessarily support frivolous finding.	Immigration			May 4, 2011
05-70722	Singh v. Holder Asylum application is properly denied when basis of petitioner’s asylum claim was based on admitted falsehoods, supporting adverse credibility determination.	Immigration			May 4, 2011
07-72340	Zamanov v. Holder Additional incidents described in supplemental declaration materially alter asylum applicant's account of persecution, casting doubt on credibility.	Immigration			May 2, 2011
07-70118	Perez-Mejia v. Holder Government is relieved of burden of offering further evidence to prove removability because alien admitted conviction and conceded removability at pleading stage.	Immigration			Apr. 21, 2011
07-16988	Singh v. Napolitano Petitioner seeking habeas relief must bring issue of ineffective assistance of counsel to Board of Immigration Appeals to exhaust administrative remedies.	Immigration			Apr. 18, 2011
08-70343	Castro-Martinez v. Holder Petitioner fails to demonstrate ‘past persecution’ for purposes of asylum based on childhood sexual abuse because private actors inflicted attack.	Immigration			Apr. 17, 2011
09-72603	Garfias-Rodriguez v. Holder Recidivists who enter U.S. multiple times without inspection are ineligible for adjustment of status even under limited exemption from general rule.	Immigration			Apr. 11, 2011
08-74452	Reyes-Torres v. Holder BIA errs in dismissing motion to reopen filed after petitioner had been removed because ‘departure bar’ does not preclude review.	Immigration			Apr. 7, 2011
10-70913	Gonzalez-Medina v. Holder Asylum application is denied because one-year filing deadline does not violate Equal Protection and domestic abuse in U.S. is not ‘past persecution.’	Immigration			Apr. 7, 2011
05-75936	Vukmirovic v. Holder 'Exceptional circumstances' safe harbor for alien removed in absentia does not apply where he failed to inform government about address change.	Immigration			Apr. 6, 2011
08-71618	Vahora v. Holder Alien demonstrates 'changed circumstances' sufficient to excuse late filing of asylum application although he had experienced violence prior to his entry.	Immigration			Apr. 5, 2011
09-71636	Leiva-Perez v. Holder Stay of removal is proper where petitioner shows irreparable harm would be probable upon removal and strong likelihood of success on merits of his petition.	Immigration			Apr. 3, 2011
09-72766	Jimenez-Juarez v. Holder Petitioner is deportable based on state felony conviction for child molestation in third degree, which constitutes crime of child abuse.	Immigration			Mar. 31, 2011
10-15715	Singh v. Holder Government must prove by clear and convincing evidence that continued detention of alien is justified at bond hearing.	Immigration			Mar. 31, 2011
09-73682	Saucedo-Arevalo v. Holder For purposes of cancellation of removal, petitioner must satisfy 10-year continuous physical presence requirement and cannot impute physical presence of mother.	Immigration			Mar. 30, 2011
06-74547	Singh v. Holder Spouse’s lie to immigration authorities is sufficient basis for adverse credibility finding, which is attributable to both spouses.	Immigration			Mar. 28, 2011
09-70136	Abufayad v. Holder Visa holder is inadmissible for being likely to engage in terrorist activity based on jihadist materials on computer, connections, and background.	Immigration			Mar. 28, 2011
08-71636	Pascua v. Holder Petitioner may seek discretionary relief from deportation pursuant to statute that was later repealed because deportation proceeding began before passage of new statute.	Immigration			Mar. 24, 2011