Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Ninth Circuit denied the petition for review because the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the denial of asylum based solely on the one-year filing bar without addressing the merits. Consequently, the panel could not review arguments regarding changed circumstances, leaving the petitioners' claims for relief denied.
The Ninth Circuit denied the petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing asylum and withholding claims. The court found the petitioners failed to overcome the one-year filing deadline and could not establish a cognizable social group for protection.
The Seventh Circuit denied a petition to rescind an in absentia removal order, holding that financial hardship and a failed transportation arrangement do not constitute 'exceptional circumstances' under immigration law. The court emphasized that the petitioner failed to notify the Immigration Court of his predicament despite having the means to do so.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture claims for a Guatemalan national, finding insufficient evidence of a nexus between his harm and his indigenous status. The court held that the petitioner failed to prove past persecution or a well-founded fear of future harm due to inconsistent testimony and the lack of a protected ground connection to the gang extortion he suffered.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review seeking asylum and related relief for Russian nationals, upholding the Board of Immigration Appeals' finding that the evidence did not compel a conclusion of persecution. The court held that the Immigration Judge properly applied the cumulative-effect standard and that the record failed to show an objectively well-founded fear of future persecution.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the rejection of a debtor's Chapter 13 plan, ruling that technical compliance with the disposable income test does not immunize a proposal from the independent good faith requirement. The court held that a debtor's attempt to retain three luxury vehicles while paying unsecured creditors less than eight cents on the dollar demonstrated a lack of honest effort to repay debts.
The D.C. Circuit denied Evergreen Shipping's petition for review, upholding the Federal Maritime Commission's order that detention charges levied during a port closure were unjust and unreasonable. The court affirmed that the Commission reasonably applied the Shipping Act's incentive principle to conclude that fees cannot promote freight fluidity when equipment cannot physically be returned.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order denying asylum and withholding of removal to a Mexican national. The court held that the record did not compel a contrary conclusion regarding the petitioner's failure to prove a well-founded fear of persecution on account of a particular social group.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision to deny asylum and Convention Against Torture relief. The court held that small business ownership is not an immutable characteristic and that generalized country conditions do not prove government acquiescence required for CAT protection.
The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for review of the BIA's removal order, holding that the petitioner failed to properly raise arguments regarding the Immigration Judge's decision and abandoned the central issue of whether the BIA erred.
