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Sorto-Guzman v. Garland, No. 20-1762 (4th Cir. Aug. 3, 2022)
- single death threat; persecution; question of law; Catholic religion; burdens; Mara 18; El Salvador
Gutierrez-Vargas v. Garland, No. 21-3520 (8th Cir. Aug. 1, 2022)
- particularly serious crime; reweighing evidence; crimes against persons; INA § 242(a)(2)(C); CAT deferral; dismemberment; Zetas; Mexico
Perez-Camacho v. Garland, No. 19-72063 (9th Cir. Aug. 1, 2022)
- motion to reopen; modified convictions; sua sponte; gross miscarriage of justice; tolling; diligence
Troncoso-Oviedo v. Garland, No. 21-70547 (9th Cir. Aug. 5, 2022)
- INA § 101(f)(7); good moral character; presentence confinement; Chevron; Matter of Valdovinos; due process; waiving asylum application
Chen v. Garland, No. 19-4162 (2d Cir. Aug. 5, 2022)
- sua sponte motion to reopen; review of legal or constitutional error; derivative asylum; China
Campos-Chaves v. Garland, No. 20-60262 (5th Cir. Aug. 3, 2022)
- deficient NTA; Rodriguez; Spagnol-Bastos; Notice of Hearing; failure to provide address
Matter of Fernandes, 28 I&N Dec. 605 (BIA 2022)
- partially deficient NTA; timely assertion of mandatory claims processing rule; “shall”; prejudice; dismissal; mental incompetence
Castillo-Gutierrez v. Garland, No. 20-60492 (5th Aug. 5, 2022)
- deficient NTA; subject matter jurisdiction; Notice of Hearing; hardship; Patel
Chuor v. Garland, No. 20-3571 (8th Cir. Aug. 4, 2022)
- CAT deferral; clear error; review of IJ factual findings; personal risk of torture; similar sounding names; mental illness; South Sudan
Morfa Diaz v. DHS, et al., No. 20-2110763 (11th Cir. Aug. 5, 2022)
- aggravated felony drug trafficking; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); divisibility; naturalization; INA § 101(f)(8); NYPL § 220.39; narcotic
Bastias v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 21-11416 (11th Cir. Aug. 2, 2022)
- INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); crime of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; Soram; Velazquez-Herrera; culpably negligent; criminal negligence; review of state statutes to define; Chevron; reasonableness; burdens