12/11/23
Argueta-Hernandez v. Garland, No. 22-60307 (5th Cir. Dec. 5, 2023)
- untimely petition for review; withholding; final order; Bhaktibhai-Patel; Nasrallah; panel rehearing; claims processing rule; Santos-Zacaria; death threats alone; one central reason; a reason; nexus; government says leave country; willful blindness; MS-13; El Salvador; Villarreal
Singh Bhagtana v. Garland, No. 20-1673 (2d Cir. Dec. 5, 2023)
- reasonable relocation; DHS burden; Bharatiya Janata Party (“BJP”); Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (“Mann”) Party; India
United States v. Chaires, No. 20-4162 (2d Cir. Dec. 7, 2023)
- Minter; N.Y. Penal Law § 220.39(1); cocaine isomer; controlled substance offense; failure to argue below; categorical approach
Aguilar-Sanchez v. Garland, No. 22-3598 (8th Cir. Dec. 4, 2023)
- sexual abuse of a minor aggravated felony: conduct and mens rea; Esquivel-Quintana; Minn. Stat. § 609.324, subd. 1(b)(3); Matter of Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Mwendapeke v. Garland, No. 22-2383 (7th Cir. Dec. 7, 2023)
- complicity to robbery in the first degree in violation of KY. Rev. Stat. §§ 502.020 & 515.020, 515.020; generic definition of aiding and abetting; act through omission; verbal aiding and abetting; violent force; Taylor
Sebastian-Sebastian v. Garland, No. 23-0267 (6th Cir. Dec. 8, 2023)
- nexus; inextricably intertwined; mixed motive; Chuj women unable to leave; witches; humanitarian asylum; Guatemala