Immigration Review Ep. 108 - Precedential Decisions from 5/16/2022 - 5/22/2022 (jurisdiction to review discretionary relief; ineffective assistance of counsel; BIA dismissal; CAT & asylum - Cameroon & Somalia; credibility; agg. fel. crime of violence; deficient NTAs)
Patel v. Garland, No. 20-979 (U.S. May 16, 2022)
- jurisdiction to review five types of discretionary relief; statutory interpretation; false claim to citizenship; agency power
Saint Ford v. Att'y Gen U.S., No. 21-1729 (3d Cir. May 16, 2022)
- ineffective assistance of counsel motion to reopen; corroboration; prejudice; truth of statements in motion; Platform Petit Dessalines (PPD); Haiti
Argueta-Orellana v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 20-1581 (3d Cir. May 20, 2022)
- failure to file a brief with BIA; regulatory interpretation; 8 C.F.R. § 1003.l(d)(2)(i)(E)
Ali v. Garland, No. 21-1296 (1st Cir. May 5, 2022)
- evidence in totality; private actors; security forces; Al-Shabaab; CAT; Somalia
Fon v. Garland, No. 20-73166 (9th Cir. May 18, 2022)
- asylum; past persecution; nexus; standard of review; Anglophone; Cameroon
Olea-Serefina v. Garland, No. 20-72231 (9th Cir. May 19, 2022)
- aggravated felony crime of violence; § 101(a)(43)(F); § 16(a); corporal injury upon a child in violation of Cal. Pen Code § 273d(a); term of imprisonment; violent force; use of the word “an”; old state case law; continuances
Nkenglefac v. Garland, No. 19-60647 (5th Cir. May 18, 2022)
- asylum; credibility; extra-record evidence; credible fear interview; discrepancies; opportunity to explain; SCNC; Cameroon
Vasquez-De Martinez v. Garland, No. 21-60856 (5th Cir. May 16, 2022)
- extensions of time; motion to dismiss; voluntary dismissal; Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42
Arreola-Ochoa v. Garland, No. 21-1179 (7th Cir. May 17, 2022)
- deficient NTA; prejudice; timeliness; dismissal; claims processing rule
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