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Matias Rauda v. Jennings
8 U.S.C. 1252(g) bars judicial review of claims challenging government's execution of removal order. 		Immigration 9th Aug. 16, 2021
Sanchez-Ruano v. Garland
Alien's status as deportable or inadmissible is immaterial to qualify for cancellation of removal. 		Immigration 9th Aug. 12, 2021
Vasquez-Rodriguez v. Garland
Social group claims based on 'perceived gang membership' must demonstrate a common immutable characteristic, defined with particularity, and socially distinct with the society in question. 		Immigration 9th Aug. 6, 2021
Romero v. Garland
'Clearly and beyond doubt' burden applies only to 'applicants for admission' and does not apply to lawfully admitted petitioners applying for adjustment of status. 		Immigration 9th Aug. 3, 2021
Maie v. Garland
Hawaii's fourth degree theft statute does not qualify as a crime involving moral turpitude. 		Immigration 9th Aug. 3, 2021
Orellana v. Mayorkas
Under 'circumstance-specific' approach, district court is not limited to reviewing record in criminal case in determining loss to victim for purposes of 8 U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(43)(M)(i). 		Immigration 9th Jul. 29, 2021
Marinelarena v. Garland
Petitioner did not meet her burden of proof to show that her conviction did not involve federally controlled substance despite having ambiguous conviction record. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 27, 2021
U.S. v. Gonzalez-Valencia
Filing of Notice to Appear establishes immigration court's jurisdiction regardless of notice's failure to include time, date, and location of hearing. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 21, 2021
Khachatryan v. Blinken
U.S. citizen adult child does not have protected liberty interest to bring alien parent into U.S. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 15, 2021
Lalayan v. Garland
Immigration Judge provided specific and cogent reasons for finding petitioner's testimony implausible. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 14, 2021
U.S. v. Bastide-Hernandez
Jurisdiction of immigration court to enter order of removal vests upon filing of Notice to Appear, even one that does not inform alien of time, date, and location of hearing. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 13, 2021
B.R. v. Garland
Improper service of Notice to Appear on minor-alien released from DHS custody was cured when DHS later perfected service by re-serving his attorney before substantive removal proceedings began. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 13, 2021
Escobar Santos v. Garland
California conviction for forgery of driver's license constitutes aggravated felony rendering petitioner ineligible for voluntary departure. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 12, 2021
Posos-Sanchez v. Garland
Petitioner was not lawfully admitted to United States because 'inspection and authorization' in San Clemente, California was not 'port of entry.' 		Immigration 9th Jul. 8, 2021
Flores v. Garland
District court order enjoining Department of Homeland Security from detaining certain minors in hotels for more than few days in process of expelling them from country was affirmed. 		Immigration 9th Jul. 1, 2021
Johnson v. Guzman Chavez
Aliens subject to reinstated orders of removal are governed by 8 U.S.C. Section 1231, not Section 1226, and are thus not entitled to bond hearings while they pursue withholding of removal. 		Immigration USSC Jun. 30, 2021
Zamorano v. Garland
Because there was no indication that immigration judge considered any favorable factors in making its discretionary voluntary departure determination, case was remanded. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 28, 2021
Bogle v. Garland
Board of Immigration Appeals did not err in determining that circumstance-specific approach applies to personal-use exception to removability based on drug convictions. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 24, 2021
Kaur v. Garland
Evidence of petitioner's husband's death, her new status as widow, her in-laws' threats, and increasing violence towards women and particularly widows in India presented material changed country circumstances. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 22, 2021
Soto-Soto v. Merrick Garland
There was no clear error in granting Convention Against Torture relief because petitioner was tortured by Mexican police and was more likely than not to suffer future torture if removed. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 14, 2021
Sanchez v. Mayorkas
Temporary Protected Status recipient who entered United States unlawfully is not eligible under 8 U.S.C. Section 1255 for Lawful Permanent Resident status. 		Immigration USSC Jun. 8, 2021
Balerio Rubalcaba v. Garland
Immigration judge's discretion to reopen a case on his or her own motion is not limited by fact that noncitizen has previously been removed or departed. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 3, 2021
Garland v. Ming Dai
Ninth Circuit's rule that in absence of explicit adverse credibility determination, petitioning alien's testimony must be deemed credible and true cannot be squared with Immigration and Nationality Act. 		Immigration USSC Jun. 2, 2021
Vazquez Romero v. Garland
Government may parole returning lawful permanent resident into United States for prosecution without proving at border that petitioner is seeking admission. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 1, 2021
Dawson v. Garland
Board of Immigration Appeals properly denied petitioner's application for deferral of removal under Convention Against Torture because petitioner's circumstances changed significantly after Jamaican court issued protection order. 		Immigration 9th May 27, 2021
Padilla Carino v. Garland
Without agreement between parents to transfer legal custody to naturalized parent during petitioner's childhood, 'nunc pro tunc' order cannot retroactively establish naturalized parent's sole legal custody for automatic derivative citizenship. 		Immigration 9th May 19, 2021
Cheneau v. Garland
Second clause of derivative citizenship statute does not require lawful permanent residency to derive citizenship from naturalized parent, but child must have demonstrated objective official manifestation of permanent residence. 		Immigration 9th May 14, 2021
Hernandez-Galand v. Garland
Petitioner's failure to appear due to inability to read and family's misinterpretation of hearing date were exceptional circumstances warranting reopening of in absentia removal order. 		Immigration 9th May 13, 2021
Route v. Garland
Micronesian citizen was subject to removal for committing crime of moral turpitude despite his ability to enter, reside, and work in U.S. under US-FSM Compact of Free Association. 		Immigration 9th May 7, 2021
Gonzalez-Veliz v. Garland
There was no abuse in discretion in immigration judge's decision to deem petitioner's application abandoned. 		Immigration 9th May 5, 2021
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