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Department of State v. Munoz, No. 23-334 (U.S. June 21, 2024)
- fundamental right to live with one’s spouse in the United States; due process; doctrine of consular nonreviewability
Matter of H-C-R-C-, 28 I&N Dec. 809 (BIA 2024)
- lawful sanction cannot defeat the CAT; prison rape; credibility
Garcia Cortes v. Garland, No. 22-1930 (4th Cir. June 17, 2024)
- non-LPR cancellation of removal; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; standard of review; mixed question of law and fact failure to consider therapist letter
Rosales-Mendez v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 22-13164 (11th Cir. June 20, 2024)
- in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; clerical error incorrect address; waiver of notice
Inestroza-Tosta v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 22-1667 (3d Cir. June 21, 2024)
- reasonable fear review; Nasrallah; 30 day rule; claims processing rule; jurisdiction; Guzman Chavez; final order of removal; reinstatement; Santos-Zacaria; administrative closure; particular social group defined by harm; gang claims
Gonzalez-Lara v. Garland, No. 23-459 (9th Cir. June 17, 2024)
- deficient NTA; Poso-Sanchez; post conclusion voluntary departure; intervening change in law; motion to remand and prima facie case; failure to apply before IJ; fear of gangs in El Salvador
United States v. Rivera-Valdes, No. 21-30177 (9th Cir. June 17, 2024)
- in absentia deportation order; deficient Order to Show Cause; collateral attack; § 1326; notice of hearing; due process