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Ep. 15 - Precedential Decisions from 8/3/20 - 8/9/20

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8/10/20

Valenzuela Gallardo v. Barr, No. 18-72593 (9th Cir. Aug. 6, 2020)

  • INA § 101(a)(43)(S) aggravated felony “offense relating to obstruction of justice”; law of the case doctrine; “relating to”; Chevrondeference

Diaz-Reynoso v. Barr, No. 18-72833 (9th Cir. Aug. 7, 2020)

  • asylum; withholding of removal; torture protection; Mexico; Matter of A-B-; particular social group – circularity

Davila v. Barr, No. 17-72173 (9th Cir. Aug. 7, 2020)

  • asylum; domestic violence; Nicaragua; unable or unwilling to protect; cherry picking the record

Matter of Nivelo Cardenas, 28 I&N Dec. 68 (BIA 2020)

  • motion to reopen; in absentia; address requirement; duty to ensure correct information in NTA

Machado Sigaran v. Barr, No. 19-1282 (1st Cir. Aug. 5, 2020)

  • temporary protected status (TPS); no-notice motion to reopen; appellate review; circuit review

Antonio Garcia v. Barr, No. 19-60097 (5th Cir. Aug. 4, 2020)

  • sexual assault of a child; crime of child abuse; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Chevrondeference

Cuevas-Nuno v. Barr, No. 20-3034 (6th Cir. Aug. 7, 2020)

  • issue exhaustion; motion to reopen; extraordinary circumstances vs. sua sponte; circuit review

Galeano-Romero v. Barr, No. 19-9585 (10th Cir. Aug. 4, 2020)

  • non-LPR cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; jurisdiction to review factual findings