Abdulahad v. Garland "Walid Abdulahad petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (the “Board”) denial of his motion to reopen based on changed country conditions in Iraq. The Board denied the motion to reopen because it found...
Alcarez-Rodriguez v. Garland "Ashley Rodriguez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (BIA’s) decision and order denying her motion to remand her removal proceedings to the Immigration Judge...
Al-Adily v. Garland (2-1) "Habib Al-Adily, a citizen of Iraq and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, was late in returning his rental car to Thrifty-Rent-a-Car (Thrifty). He was indicted under a Michigan statute criminalizing the willful failure...
Abbas v. Garland (unpub.) "Mohamed Kamal Eldin Abbas (“Abbas”), a native and citizen of Egypt, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motions to reconsider and to reopen removal proceedings. ... We grant...
Perez-Portillo v. Garland "Petitioners Idania Yamileth Perez-Portillo and her minor daughter, Stefani Abigail Arevalo-Perez, 1 seek review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of Perez-Portillo’s appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial...
Martinez Roman v. Garland "Petitioner Marco Antonio Martinez Roman (“Martinez”), a native and citizen of Mexico, seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision affirming the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying Martinez’s application...
Rivera-Medrano v. Garland "Karen Elizabeth Rivera-Medrano, a citizen and native of El Salvador, has petitioned for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the denial of her request for withholding of removal under...
Oluwajana v. Garland "After an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States, Olawole Oluwajana appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals and retained counsel to represent him. But the government was slow in providing a copy of Oluwajana...
Qiu v. Sessions, Sept. 11, 2017 - "Petitioner Liying Qiu, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, sought asylum and withholding of removal based on her status as a Christian who does not agree with China’s state-sanctioned version of Christianity...
Torres Hernandez v. Lynch, June 8, 2016 - "Petitioner Torres Hernandez was ordered removed in abstentia on January 13, 2010. He filed a motion to reopen on the basis that he was unaware that a notice to appear had been issued years earlier and he never received...
"In this case, All Bright seeks a determination under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), 5 U.S.C. §706 et seq., that the Government improperly denied its petition for a foreign national to receive United States Non-Immigrant Investor Status...
"Here the BIA simply stated that Aponte's submissions did not demonstrate prima facie eligibility. It made no findings, relied on no case law, and engaged in no analysis. Moreover, it offered up no rationale for the decision it reached (e.g., Aponte...
"Petitioners Vasil Abulashvili and Teona Klibadze seek review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing their application for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) and an order of the BIA denying...
"Although the abuse-of-discretion standard is rigorous, our review convinces us that the BIA abused its discretion when it affirmed that the Maoists’ demands for money from KC did not constitute past persecution based on her political opinion. ... [T]he IJ...