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Martinez-Merino v. Keisler
Petitioner may not attack reinstatement of removal order by attempting to show he had received inadequate notice of his rights during underlying removal proceeding.
Immigration Oct. 10, 2007
Quintero-Salazar v. Keisler
Petitioner is erroneously found to be removable where his state conviction is not categorically crime involving moral turpitude under immigration law.
Immigration Oct. 9, 2007
Cornejo v. County of San Diego
Vienna Convention Article 36 requires 'state' to contact consular official but creates no judicially enforceable right for foreign national under Section 1983.
Immigration Sep. 24, 2007
Melendez v. Gonzales
Alien previously granted pretrial diversion under state rehabilitation scheme cannot receive adjustment of status as 'first time offender' following subsequent drug conviction.
Immigration Sep. 19, 2007
Navarro-Lopez v. Gonzales
Petitioner's accessory after fact conviction does not constitutes crime of moral turpitude for purposes of removal.
Immigration Sep. 19, 2007
Kawashima v. Gonzales
In removal case, conviction for subscribing to false statement on tax return constitutes aggravated felony.
Immigration Sep. 18, 2007
Marmolejo-Campos v. Gonzales
Petitioner's aggravated DUI conviction is crime involving moral turpitude under Immigration Naturalization Act.
Immigration Sep. 12, 2007
Ortega-Cervantes v. Gonzales
Alien's conditional release from detention pending final removal decision is not 'parole into United States' making him eligible for adjustment of status.
Immigration Sep. 5, 2007
Jordison v. Gonzales
Removal order is vacated where record does not preclude possibility that petitioner was convicted of setting fire to his own property.
Immigration Sep. 4, 2007
He v. Gonzales
Birth of children in United States cannot establish changed circumstances sufficient to satisfy exception to bars applicable to motions to reopen immigration proceedings.
Immigration Sep. 4, 2007
Sandoval-Lua v. Gonzales
Petitioner meets his burden to show he has not been convicted of aggravated felony and is eligible for cancellation of removal.
Immigration Aug. 29, 2007
Miguel-Miguel v. Gonzales
Board of Immigration Appeals errs by retroactively applying new presumptive standard to removal proceedings where ‘Montgomery Ward’ factors weigh heavily against its application.
Immigration Aug. 29, 2007
Camins v. Gonzales
New law forbidding 'inadmissible' legal permanent residents' entry after travel abroad cannot be applied retroactively to those who relied on previous exception .
Immigration Aug. 28, 2007
Kalouma v. Gonzales
Immigration judge errs by incorrectly placing burden on asylum applicant to establish his identity under Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.
Immigration Aug. 28, 2007
Singh v. Gonzales
District court has jurisdiction over ineffective assistance of counsel claims under REAL ID Act where removal order itself is not challenged.
Immigration Aug. 27, 2007
Mejia v. Gonzales
In removal case where petitioner seeks waiver, application of 'exceptional and extremely unusual' standard does not have improper retroactive effect.
Immigration Aug. 27, 2007
Sembiring v. Gonzales
Alien is improperly deported in absentia after showing she did not receive notice under lesser presumption of effective service by regular mail.
Immigration Aug. 27, 2007
Gomez v. Gonzales
Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of motion to file late brief is inadequate where it does not give reasoned explanation underlying its decision.
Immigration Aug. 22, 2007
Ghahremani v. Gonzales
Motion to reopen removal order is timely where equitable tolling warrants extending deadline because petitioner performed due diligence before discovering counsel’s potential ineffectiveness.
Immigration Aug. 20, 2007
Estrada-Espinoza v. Gonzales
Mexican national is removable as an alien, as conviction for relationship with minor girlfriend is considered aggravated felony.
Immigration Aug. 16, 2007
Gulla v. Gonzales
Immigration Judge abuses its discretion in denying asylum to Iraqi with credible fear of persecution where only minor adverse factors supported denial.
Immigration Aug. 13, 2007
Im v. Gonzales
IJ errs in finding former Cambodian prison guard's actions constituted assistance in persecution, in barring asylum relief and withholding of removal.
Immigration Aug. 13, 2007
Hernandez de Anderson v. Gonzales
BIA errs in holding IIRIRA's repeal of suspension of deportation was not impermissibly retroactive as applied to petitioner.
Immigration Aug. 9, 2007
Hernandez-Ortiz v. Gonzales
Immigration judge errs in denying requests for asylum and withholding of removal in case of brothers whose lives were disrupted by Guatemalan army.
Immigration Aug. 8, 2007
Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales
Voluntary manslaughter conviction makes defendant removable as an aggravated felon, despite being 16 years of age when offense was committed.
Immigration Aug. 5, 2007
Morgan v. Gonzales
Petitioner is properly deported where he failed to show he was promised permanent residence in exchange for cooperation in drug case.
Immigration Jul. 26, 2007
U.S. v. Figueroa-Ocampo
Previously deported alien’s sentence is improperly enhanced because simple possession of controlled substance does not qualify as felony under Controlled Substances Act.
Immigration Jul. 24, 2007
Muradin v. Gonzales
Armenian native is eligible for CAT relief where testimony shows he was tortured by Armenian military and likely faced torture upon return.
Immigration Jul. 23, 2007
Singh v. Gonzales
Petition for review is granted in asylum case where petitioner claims he did not receive Board of Immigration Appeals' notice of decision.
Immigration Jul. 19, 2007
Hadera v. Gonzales
Immigration judge incorrectly determines Ethiopia to be country of removal for man who was born in Italy and never set foot in Ethiopia.
Immigration Jul. 18, 2007