2/21/22
Mejia-Velasquez v. Garland, No. 20-1192 (4th Cir. Feb. 15, 2022)
- biometrics notice; Matter of D-M-C-P-; definition of notice; Kisor deference; regulatory interpretation; preamble; due process; foreign language interpretation
Ortiz Narez v. Garland, Nos. 19-72039, 20-71416 (9th Cir. Feb. 16, 2022)
- CIMT; CA voluntary manslaughter; categorical approach; scienter; recklessness
Ferreiras v. Garland, No. 19-4111 (2d Cir. Feb. 17, 2022)
- CIMT, NY petit larceny, certification; categorical approach; Diaz-Lizarraga; permanent deprivation; substantial erosion of property rights
Xu v. Garland, No. 19-1044 (1st Cir. Feb. 18, 2022)
- Final Administrative Removal Order (“FARO”); expedited removal; MA “keeping a house of ill fame”; MA money laundering; prostitution aggravated felony; jurisdiction; China; CAT deferral; 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(5)(i); favorable circumstances
Gomez-Abrego v. Garland, No. 20-2175 (1st Cir. Feb. 16, 2022)
- Asylum; withholding; CAT; El Salvador; particular social group; nexus; gangs; police; exhaustion; ultra vires
Deng Chol v. Garland, No. 20-3268 (8th Cir. Feb. 16, 2022)
- CAT; South Sudan; Uganda; conscription; tribal definition; pro se; due process; prejudice; exhaustion