PM 25-20 - CANCELLATION OF DIRECTOR’S MEMORANDUM 23-02
In Tumi v. Higgins , Vermont Federal District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford ruled that USCIS' denial of Tumi's O-1A visa petition on behalf of famous designer Nicolas Baurain was arbitrary and capricious...
Here is the Memo; here is the Order. NOTE: Earlier today, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour GRANTED a Preliminary Injunction in WA v. Trump. I will post his Memo and...
PM 25-18 - CANCELLATION OF DIRECTOR’S MEMORANDUM 22-06 AND REINSTATEMENT OF POLICY MEMORANDUM 20-05 PM 25-19 - EOIR’S ANTI-FRAUD PROGRAM
Funez-Ortiz v. McHenry "For nearly ten years, a Honduran gang conducted a campaign of terror and violence in Honduras against Petitioner Melvin Funez-Ortiz and his family. The gang murdered several...
"The [government's] petition for rehearing en banc is granted. In accordance with customary practice, the panel opinion [769 F.3d 32] released on October 6, 2014 is withdrawn, and the judgment entered on the same date is vacated. ... The parties have filed briefs and the en banc court will have copies of those briefs. A further order will issue in due course to determine what supplemental briefs, if any, are required or permitted." - Castañeda v. Souza, Jan. 23, 2015.
"Because § 1226(c) only applies to aliens detained “when . . . released” from criminal custody, and because the petitioners were not timely detained under any reasonable interpretation of the statute, we conclude that the petitioners are not subject to mandatory detention under § 1226(c) and are entitled to an individualized bail hearing under § 1226(a). We therefore affirm the district court’s grant of habeas corpus relief in each case." - Castañeda v. Souza, Oct. 6, 2014.