12/30/24
Singh v. Garland, No. 23-2065 (9th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)
- prior adverse credibility & motion to reopen; disregarding affidavits; corroborating evidence; falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus; Mann party; Sikh; Badal Party
Chmukh v. Garland, No. 21-1096 (9th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024)
- RCW § 69.50.4013; possession of stolen property aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); particularly serious crime; aggravated felony satisfying N-A-M- first step; dangerousness; issue exhaustion; Ukraine
Magana-Magana v. Garland, No. 23-1887 (9th Cir. Dec. 26, 2024)
- VAWA motion to reopen; jurisdiction; mixed question of law and fact; extraordinary circumstances or extreme hardship to children; exhaustion; sua sponte
Rodrigues v. Garland, No. 23-1776 (1st Cir. Dec. 27, 2024)
- well-founded fear; objective reasonableness; drug dealers in Brazil; political opinion opposition to powerful family
Chacon-Ruiz v. Garland, No. 21-3694 (8th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)
- motion to reopen for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; motion to reconsider; children in foster care
Mateo-Mateo v. Garland, No. 23-2694 (7th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)
- family-related violence-type asylum; harm by family member
Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland, No. 24-0274 (6th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024)
- legal definition of exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; agency deference post-Loper Bright; star decisis post-Loper Bright; rare hardship