Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Fourth Circuit granted a petition for review and remanded an immigration case involving asylum eligibility. The court found the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in discounting death threats and failing to consider the petitioner's age.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of asylum and withholding of removal claims where the Board of Immigration Appeals made an adverse credibility determination based on omissions in the petitioner's testimony.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment upholding the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of disability insurance benefits. The appellate court found that the administrative law judge's evaluation of medical evidence and vocational testimony was supported by substantial evidence.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a lower court decision that upheld a denial of military disability retirement. The court held that the Board for Correction of Naval Records applied the wrong legal standard for fitness and failed to afford liberal consideration to the veteran's evidence.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal regarding a veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service-connected disability benefits. The court held that it lacks jurisdiction to review the Veterans Court's application of law to facts or its interpretation of a notice of disagreement.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the denial of asylum and protection under the Convention Against Torture. The court held that substantial evidence supported the Board of Immigration Appeals' finding that the petitioner was targeted for economic reasons rather than membership in a particular social group.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging an immigration judge's removal order. The court held it lacked jurisdiction to review factual findings regarding willful misrepresentations but found no legal error in the application of the five-year inadmissibility bar.
The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review from a Guatemalan national seeking asylum based on domestic violence and political association. The court upheld the Board of Immigration Appeals' finding that the proposed social groups were impermissibly defined by the harm suffered and that the nexus to political opinion was speculative.
The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging an immigration judge's determination that the petitioner was removable due to an aggravated felony conviction. The court held that the petitioner's mail fraud convictions involved a loss exceeding ten thousand dollars, satisfying the statutory definition of an aggravated felony.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a motion for mistrial following a juror's reference to an unrelated news article. The appellate court held that the trial judge did not abuse discretion in finding the extrinsic influence caused no prejudice.
