Huynh v. Garland "Nguyen Chi Cuong Nmn Huynh petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order affirming that he is removable because he was convicted of a state crime constituting...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/29/2024 "On September 8, 2023, the Department of Justice (“Department”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking...
Matter of M-N-I-, 28 I&N Dec. 308 (BIA 2024) Since choice of law is dependent on venue in Immigration Court proceedings, the controlling circuit law is not affected by a change in the administrative...
FWAF v. Moody, May 23, 2024 "On May 23, 2024, we entered a Supplemental Order on the Scope of the Preliminary Injunction (the “Supplemental Order”) [ECF No. 100]. In that Supplemental...
Tulung v. Garland "[I]n reviewing the motion to reopen, the BIA discarded evidence -- without considering its merits -- on legally unjustifiable bases. The BIA retains wide latitude to weigh such...
Escobar Gomez v. Garland
"Carlos Escobar Gomez seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of his application for asylum. The BIA determined that Escobar Gomez was ineligible for asylum because he failed to establish membership in a particular social group defined with sufficient particularity. Because this ruling is not supported by a reasoned explanation, we grant the petition for review and remand to the BIA for further proceedings." [Note the long and detailed concurrence by Judge Wynn.]
[Hats off to Nathan Bogart!]