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Koonwaiyou v. Blinken
Amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act expanding eligibility non-citizen national status at birth applied to otherwise qualified individual who was born prior to the enactment of the amendments. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 8, 2023
Rodriguez-Zuniga v. Garland
Asylum seeker's petition properly denied when substantial evidence showed that robber's chief motivation was financial gain rather than because of petitioner's protected status. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 8, 2023
Arizmendi-Medina v. Garland
Immigration Judge denied petitioner due process by refusing continuance and deeming application abandoned despite counsel's requests to immediately file asylum application that day. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 8, 2023
Zhovtonizhko v. Garland
Board of Immigration Appeals failed to acknowledge the materiality of legislature's changes to statute, which affected whether petitioner's crimes involved "moral turpitude" and thus rendered him removable. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 8, 2023
Amended Opinion: Hernandez Avilez v. Garland
Noncitizens subject to mandatory detention under United States Code Section 1226(c) are not eligible for release on bond during the judicial phase of the proceedings. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 7, 2023
Amended Opinion: Umana-Escobar v. Garland
Application of incorrect standard of review to Immigration Judge's determination--that there was insufficient nexus between immigrant's membership in protected group and harm faced in his home country--required remand. 		Immigration 9th May 24, 2023
Santos-Zacaria v. Garland
The exhaustion requirement for a noncitizen seeking review of a removal order is not jurisdictional. 		Immigration USSC May 12, 2023
Mejia Vega v. USCIS
Court was jurisdictionally barred from reviewing Attorney General's discretionary decision to deny noncitizen's request for a waiver of inadmissibility. 		Immigration 9th Apr. 17, 2023
Ayanian v. Garland
Using the Ninth Circuit's mediation program to hold proceedings in abeyance while awaiting discretionary relief that may never come rather than resolve a dispute would be an abuse of process. 		Immigration 9th Apr. 5, 2023
Khalulyan v. Garland
Alien was eligible for removal due to his involvement in a fraudulent criminal conspiracy that resulted in total loss greater than $10,000 regardless of the actual amount of loss he caused. 		Immigration 9th Mar. 31, 2023
Alfred v. Garland
Alien convicted of robbery was eligible for removal for committing an aggravated felony because state statute for accomplice liability was categorical match with the federal generic definition of accomplice liability. 		Immigration 9th Mar. 31, 2023
Umana-Escobar v. Garland
Application of incorrect standard of review to Immigration Judge's determination--that there was insufficient nexus between immigrant's membership in protected group and harm faced in his home country--required remand. 		Immigration 9th Mar. 20, 2023
Gutierrez-Alm v. Garland
Board of Immigration Appeals properly denied Nicaraguan citizen's application for asylum because he presented no evidence brother's gang involvement or father's political activism would lead to future persecution. 		Immigration 9th Mar. 16, 2023
Lopez Hernandez v. Garland
Immigrant appellee seeking withholding of removal could not have judgment altered in his favor because he failed to file a cross-appeal. 		Immigration 9th Feb. 17, 2023
Antonio v. Garland
Failure to analyze an asylum applicant's correct social group when considering an application based on past persecution was error requiring remand. 		Immigration 9th Jan. 27, 2023
Amended Opinion: Singh v. Garland
Substantial evidence did not support the Board of Immigration Appeals' determination that the harm petitioner suffered did not rise to the level of persecution. 		Immigration 9th Jan. 13, 2023
U.S. v. Amintobia
Naturalization seeker's conviction for lying under oath was warranted where government presented sufficient evidence that naturalization application contained material misrepresentations. 		Immigration 9th Jan. 12, 2023
Perez-Portillo v. Garland
In absentia order was rescinded where Board of Immigration Appeals relied solely on doctrine of constructive notice without considering alien's evidence supporting her claim that she did not receive the notice. 		Immigration 9th Jan. 3, 2023
Salguero Sosa v. Garland
Board of Immigration Appeals erred by failing to conduct cumulative-effect review when assessing asylum seeker's evidence of past persecution. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 19, 2022
Amended Opinion: Matias Rauda v. Jennings
8 U.S.C. 1252(g) bars judicial review of claims challenging government's execution of removal order. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 14, 2022
Diaz-Rodriguez v. Garland
Adopting Board of Immigration Appeal's interpretation of statutory meaning of child abuse for categorical approach was appropriate where all normal tools of statutory interpretation failed to produce an unambiguous meaning. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 9, 2022
Amended Opinion: Perez-Camacho v. Garland
The Bureau of Immigration Appeals did not abuse its discretion in concluding that equitable tolling was not available when alien failed to explain why he waited 21 years to seek to reopen his case. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 5, 2022
Amended Opinion: Bravo-Bravo v. Garland
The Board of Immigration appeals lacked any jurisdiction to reopen a reinstated prior order of removal when alien had illegally reentered the country. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 5, 2022
Galvez v. Jaddou
Permanent injunction permitting tolling of deadlines for special immigrant juvenile petitioners must be tailored to meet statutory requirements. 		Immigration 9th Nov. 4, 2022
Hernandez v. Garland
An immigration judge may use a probable-cause declaration in Form I-213, Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien, to determine whether a crime was serious to bar an applicant's request for asylum. 		Immigration 9th Nov. 1, 2022
Mendoza-Linares v. Garland
Ninth Circuit lacked jurisdiction to hear petition challenging expedited removal proceedings because of comprehensive jurisdictional limits prohibiting review of expedited proceedings implemented by statute. 		Immigration 9th Oct. 25, 2022
Lopez v. Garland
The Immigration Judge improperly denied immigrant's application for relief under the Convention Against Torture by disregarding relevant evidence and making unsupported conclusions about the alleged police violence. 		Immigration 9th Oct. 24, 2022
Dong v. Garland
Where the Immigration Judge's and Board of Immigration Appeals's factual findings are supported by substantial evidence and well-grounded reasoning, their adverse credibility determinations must be kept intact. 		Immigration 9th Oct. 20, 2022
Munoz v. U.S. Dept. of State
The government violated the notice requirements of due process when it did not provide evidence supporting a consular official's decision to deny a visa application until three years after the denial. 		Immigration 9th Oct. 6, 2022
De La Rosa-Rodriguez v. Garland
Assuming statutory jurisdiction arguendo, petitioner's claim for cancellation of removal had no merit because his only claim for unusual hardship was based on economic detriment to his children. 		Immigration 9th Sep. 28, 2022
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