Here is the Nov. 9, 2023 CA1 decision at issue, 86 F.4th 443. Here is the Round Table's Amicus Brief. Nutshell: "We write to provide the Court with additional context regarding the importance of the IJ’s duty to adequately develop the record as...
Here is the CA11 decision at issue, 74 F.4th 1157. Here is the petition for certiorari. Here is the amicus brief filed by the Round Table of former BIA members and IJs.
Round Table amicus brief, M.A. v. Mayorkas
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT EAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, President of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellants. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the...
The Hon. Paul W. Schmidt writes : "WITH HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS @ ROPES & GRAY, IMMIGRATION PROFESSORS & ROUND TABLE FILE AMICUS ON WITHHOLDING/NEXUS STANDARD OF PROOF IN 1ST CIR. — Paye v. Garland - Read the full brief here: Paye [2023.8.25] Amici...
EOIR, Aug. 1, 2023 "The Board of Immigration Appeals welcomes interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs discussing the below issue(s): ISSUE(S) PRESENTED: Pursuant to Matter of Fernandes, 28 I&N Dec. 605 (BIA 2022): 1. Should an Immigration...
CAHO, July 13, 2023 "In connection with a remand from the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (CAHO), the Chief Administrative Law Judge (CALJ) welcomes interested members of the public to file amicus curiae briefs discussing the below issue. ISSUE PRESENTED...
Filed June 7, 2023
AMICUS INVITATION No. 23-15-02 AMICUS INVITATION (Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer – Immigration-related Document Fraud) DUE FEBRUARY 27, 2023 FEBRUARY 15, 2023 In connection with an administrative review of an Administrative Law Judge decision...
Chris Mills Rodrigo, The Hill, May 14, 2021 "A group of nearly 30 tech companies and other organizations filed a legal brief Friday to defend a program that gives work authorization to the spouses of high-skilled immigrants. The Obama-era rule lets nearly...
Lorelei Laird, ABA Journal, Apr. 20, 2017 - "The American Bar Association has asked the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to let stand an injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the ABA announced late Wednesday ....
Press Release Darweesh v. Trump, Feb. 16, 2017, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, Case 1:17-cv-00480-CBA, Document 128
"The federal board charged with reviewing immigration court appeals will no longer request legal briefs from an anti-immigrant hate group to consider in its rulings – a decision that comes shortly after the SPLC and other groups urged the board to stop providing...
"Amici Curiae are 109 immigration law professors, all of whom have substantial expertise and interest in the proper interpretation and enforcement of the immigration laws. Amici have, collectively, more than 1,500 years of experience in immigration law, and...
"This term, the Supreme Court is considering a case [ Kerry v. Din ] that implicates the doctrine of “consular non-reviewability”–the legal principle that generally, courts in the United States will not review the discretionary decisions of American consular...