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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