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Annor v. Garland, No. 23-1281 (4th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)
- particularly serious crime; conspiracy to commit money laundering; 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h); N-A-M- process; elements; dangerousness
Vasquez Castaneda v. Perry, et al., No. 22-7365 (4th Cir. Mar. 13, 2024)
- prolonged detention; Zadvydas; reasonable foreseeability of removal; withholding-only; reinstatement; INA § 241(a); Guzman Chavez; due process; Mathews; Arteaga-Martinez
Matter of F-C-S-, 28 I&N Dec. 788 (BIA 2024)
- 8 C.F.R. § 1240.17; expedited removal; credible fear process; mental incompetency & untimely evidence; identification purposes only
Wong v. Garland, No. 22-6185 (2d Cir. Mar. 11, 2024)
- criminal conviction; CIMT; disorderly persons theft by deception – N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-4 & second-degree forgery – N.Y. Penal Law § 170.10; constitutional safeguards; retroactivity; intent to deceive; Chevron; CIMT constitutionality
Chun Mendez v. Garland, No. 23-1166 (1st Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)
- exceptional circumstance exception to one-year asylum filing deadline; Mam women in Guatemala; exhaustion
Vasquez-Rivera v. Garland, No. 21-3344 (6th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)
- family-based particular social group; women; BIA affirming IJ analysis that IJ never made; nexus standard for asylum and withholding; gangs; El Salvador
Guadarrama v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 22-11065 (11th Cir. Mar. 15, 2024)
- discretion; INA § 212(h) waiver; Arai presumption; review of legal standard notwithstanding Patel; Mendez-Moralez standard
Kalulu v. Garland, No. 21-895 (9th Cir. Mar. 11, 2024)
- inconsistency; demeanor; totality; remand notwithstanding adverse credibility; lesbian in Zambia
United States v. Orozco-Orozco, No. 22-50146 (9th Cir. Mar. 12, 2024)
- felony carjacking under California Penal Code § 215; intent to steal; victim ownership interest not required for generic theft; fundamentally unfair and § 1326 criminal proceedings