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Ep. 247 - Precedential Decisions from 1/13/2025 - 1/19/2025

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1/20/25

Ndungu v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 20-2562 (3d Cir. Jan. 13, 2025) (en banc)

  • history of CIMT; transactional view of res judicata; fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, in violation of 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3733(a.2)(2); documents to be considered under the categorical approach; divisibility analysis; different punishments; Pennsylvania’s mens rea gap filling statute; hypotheticals 

Matter of Arciniegas-Patino, 28 I&N Dec. 883 (BIA 2025) 

  • electronic notice of briefing schedule and deadlines; ECA; duty to check email and SPAM folder; motion to reconsider 

Vargas Panchi v. Garland, No. 24-1172 (1st Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

  • indigenous men in Ecuador; race; nexus; soccer fight; denial of medical care; pattern or practice of persecution

Mateo-Esteban v. Garland, No. 23-3951 (6th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

  • asserting particular social group for first time on appeal; Matter of W-Y-C- & H-O-B-; children who fear gangs in Guatemala; failure to report harm and CAT protection

Godoy-Aguilar v. Garland, No. 19-70960 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

  • aggravated felony relating to obstruction of justice; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Cal. Penal Code § 136.1(c)(1); Pugin; mens rea and related statutes; attempts; preventing arrest

Santos-Zacaria v. Garland, No. 19-60355 (5th Cir. Jan. 13, 2025)

  • transgender women in Guatemala; past persecution as a child; rape; BIA fact finding; mixed question of law and fact; failure to conduct pattern or practice analysis