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Ep. 80 - Precedential Decisions from 11/1/2021 - 11/7/2021

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11/8/21

Cantor v. Garland, No. 19-73085 (9th Cir. Nov. 3, 2021)

  • motion to reopen; non-LPR cancellation of removal; stop-time rule; statutory interpretation

Matter of M-F-O-, 28 I&N Dec. 408 (BIA 2021)

  • deficient NTA; post-conclusion voluntary departure; INA § 240B(b); Posos-Sanchez; Viera-Garcia and Ordonez-Viera; Mendoza-Hernandez and Capula-Cortes; asylum; withholding nexus standard; indigenous; gang recruitment; Guatemala

Usubakunov v. Garland, No. 18-72974 (9th Cir. Nov. 1, 2021)

  • continuance; due process; right to counsel; detention conditions; continuances during the holidays; asylum; Kyrgyzstan

Gomes v. Garland, No. 20-2106 (1st Cir. Nov. 3, 2021)

  • asylum; workers’ rights movements; Red Notice; exhaustion; in absentia conviction; bribes; extortion; Brazil

VHV Jewelers, LLC v. Wolf, et al., No. 20-14788 (11th Cir. Nov. 1, 2021)

  • L-1A nonimmigrant visa; new office petition; executive; “direct”; manage a manager; APA; weighing evidence

Mashilingi v. Garland, No. 20-2169 (1st Cir. Nov. 2, 2021)

  • credibility; totality; visa applications; authenticating foreign public documents; asylum; Rwanda

Granados v. Garland, No. 20-2028 (4th Cir. Nov. 4, 2021)

  • CIMT; eluding in violation of Va. Code § 46.2-817(B); constitutionality; nondelegation doctrine; willful and wanton; mens rea for CIMT; recklessness; meaning of “so as”; affirmative defense