Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a pro se plaintiff as untimely. However, the court directed the district court to treat an emergency motion as a timely notice of appeal from an earlier order.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Hatchet M. Speed for possessing unregistered silencers. The court held that the National Firearms Act does not require a device to be fully operable to qualify as a silencer and that Speed failed to rebut the presumption of constitutionality regarding the registration regime.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed a petition for review challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of a motion to reopen. The court held it lacked jurisdiction to review the denial of a sua sponte regulatory reopening because no legal standard exists to judge the agency's discretionary decision.
The Seventh Circuit lacks jurisdiction to review the timeliness of an asylum application where the petitioner failed to present the issue adversarially, adhering to precedent that such determinations are factual and discretionary.
The Eighth Circuit dismissed a petition for review of an immigration order because the petitioners failed to exhaust administrative remedies. The court held that the petitioners did not meaningfully challenge key determinations regarding nexus and government protection before the Board of Immigration Appeals.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal based on Younger abstention under the law of the case doctrine. The panel rejected arguments that intervening Supreme Court decisions altered the legal landscape for this immigration civil matter.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court upheld the agency's finding that the petitioner's conviction constituted a particularly serious crime and that he was ineligible for relief under the Convention Against Torture.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed in part and denied in part a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court held that it lacked jurisdiction to review challenges to the denial of asylum and withholding of removal, and found the petitioner's evidence insufficient to support a claim for protection under the Convention Against Torture.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an appeal. The court found the petitioner failed to demonstrate clear error or explain why he had not notified the relevant courts of a changed address.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court found substantial evidence supported the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture relief.
