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Diaz-Rodriguez v. Garland (Reversing the published 2021 panel decision.) Plurality : "This case raises the question whether an alien who has been convicted under section 273a(a) of the California Penal Code (criminalizing offenses against children...

Matter of Aguilar-Barajas, 28 I&N Dec. 354 (BIA 2021) (1) The offense of aggravated statutory rape under section 39-13-506(c) of the Tennessee Code Annotated is categorically a “crime of child abuse” within the meaning of section 237...

Matter of Rivera-Mendoza, 28 I&N Dec. 184 (BIA 2020) The risk of harm to a child required to obtain a conviction for child neglect in the second degree under section 163.545(1) of the Oregon Revised Statutes is sufficiently high that the offense...

Alvarez-Cerriteno v. Sessions - "Today we must determine whether Nevada’s child neglect statute is broader—that is, makes criminal more conduct—than does the federal Immigration and Nationality Act’s (“INA”) generic...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The Ohio Supreme Court erred when it held that when teacher, as a mandatory reporter, becomes involved in reporting suspected child abuse, that teacher became a law enforcement agent of the government for the...

"Elia Ibarra Rivas petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that found her Colorado conviction for “child abuse – negligence – no injury” to categorically constitute a “crime of child abuse, child...

"DHS must prove that 260.10(1) of the New York Penal Law categorically falls within the ambit of a crime of child abuse, neglect or abandonment. Although our standard in Soram is broadly interpreted, we nonetheless agree with the Immigration Judge...

Matter of Mendoza Osorio, 26 I&N Dec. 703 (BIA 2016) - The offense of endangering the welfare of a child in violation of section 260.10(1) of the New York Penal Law, which requires knowingly acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical...

Attorney Aaron Tarin writes: " Here is a bit of good news to those battling the toxic spread of Matter of Soram 's expansive definition of child abuse. [In an unpublished decision dated Dec. 6, 2011 ] the Board held that Assault with Substantial...

By Jay Shapiro, Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP "If the Supreme Court finds its way to one of the critical issues in Camreta v. Greene, 588 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. Or. 2009) (Free unenhanced version of the opinion available from lexisONE Free Case...

By Jay Shapiro, Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP “If the Supreme Court finds its way to one of the critical issues in Camreta v. Greene , 588 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. Or. 2009) (Free unenhanced version of the opinion available from lexisONE Free...

SAN FRANCISCO - (AP) A man who claimed he was sexually abused as a child by an Irish priest filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa the second such suit alleging the church knew the priest faced abuse charges in Ireland...

PORTLAND, Ore. - (AP) The country's leading technology trade association, which represents major multinationals including IBM, Boeing Co. and Microsoft Corp., has written a brief in support of the Boy Scouts of America in a lawsuit that seeks to make...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Supreme Court says Los Angeles County does not have to pay attorney fees to a couple listed as child abusers even though they were declared innocent years ago. The high court's unanimous ruling came on Tuesday. Craig and...