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Garcia Cabrera v. Garland "This petition arises out of an immigration judge’s (IJ) refusal (affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)) to continue the deportation proceedings of a movant that the IJ himself recognized was likely...

Gonzales Chechaluno v. Garland "In sum, we conclude that the BIA abused its discretion in two respects: it departed from established policy when it failed either to apply the Sanchez Sosa factors or to remand to allow the IJ do so, and it failed...

EOIR, Jan. 8, 2021, PM 21-13

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 229 / Friday, November 27, 2020 "The Department of Justice (“Department” or “DOJ”) is proposing to define “good cause,” in the context of continuances, adjournments, and postponements...

"As former Immigration Judges and Members of the BIA with many decades of combined experience on the bench, we must expose the Attorney General’s latest blow to judicial independence in his decision in Matter of L-A-B-R- . There is no question...

Matter of L-A-B-R-, 27 I&N Dec. 405 (A.G. 2018) (1) An immigration judge may grant a motion for a continuance of removal proceedings only “for good cause shown.” 8 C.F.R. § 1003.29. (2) The good-cause standard is a substantive requirement...

Jeffrey S. Chase, Mar. 4, 2018 - "On February 16, the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP filed an amicus curiae (i.e. “friend of the court”) brief on behalf of 14 former immigration judges and BIA board members with Attorney...

Matter of L-A-B-R- et al., 27 I&N Dec. 245 (A.G. 2018) - "The Attorney General referred the decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals to himself for review of issues relating to when there is “good cause” to grant a continuance...

Cyrus Mehta & Sophia Genovese, Mar. 26, 2018 - "Attorney General Jeff Sessions has yet again referred an immigration case to himself for review in Matter of L-A-B-R- et al, 27 I&N Dec. 245 (AG 2018) . This time, AG Sessions asks: " An...

EOIR, July 31, 2017 - "This Operating Policies and Procedures Memorandum (OPPM) supplements and amends OPPM 13-01. It is intended to provide guidance to assist Immigration Judges with fair and efficient docket management relating to the use of continuances...

Tessa Berenson, Time Magazine, Aug. 16, 2017 - "Under new guidance from the Trump Administration, immigration lawyers may be scrambling with less preparation time more often. On July 31, the Justice Department issued a memorandum to all immigration...