Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Eleventh Circuit lacks jurisdiction to review a petition challenging only the denial of Convention Against Torture relief when the petitioner does not simultaneously challenge a final order of removal. The court dismissed the petition because the statutory framework requires judicial review of CAT claims to be part of a review of a final removal order.
The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review challenging a removal order based on a defective notice to appear. The court held that misidentifying a noncitizen's country of origin in the notice does not deprive the immigration court of jurisdiction.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision upholding the denial of asylum and related protections. The court held that the Board acted within its discretion by dismissing the applicant's claims due to a failure to provide corroborating evidence.
The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge's denial of a motion to reopen. The court found the petitioner failed to show the Board abused its discretion because she did not timely file her motion and failed to establish extraordinary circumstances.
The Seventh Circuit vacated a district court order that compelled the release of over two thousand pages of immigration records as a sanction for agency mismanagement. The appellate court held that the sanction was an abuse of discretion because it exposed innocent third parties to identity theft and law enforcement risks without adequate justification.
The Seventh Circuit vacated a district court order that compelled the release of over two thousand pages of immigration records as a sanction for agency mismanagement. The appellate court held that the sanction was an abuse of discretion because it exposed innocent third parties to identity theft and law enforcement risks without adequate justification.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying a motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court upheld the agency's finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate extreme hardship to his children required to waive the time limit for reopening.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal in a civil dispute between POM Group Inc. and several Schedule A defendants. The dismissal was granted by order of the parties under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure forty-two, subsection B.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment upholding the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of supplemental security income disability benefits. The panel found that the administrative law judge provided substantial evidence to reject medical opinions and discount the claimant's testimony regarding symptom severity.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Patrick Comack's complaint for failure to state a claim and as an impermissible shotgun pleading. The court held that Comack abandoned his challenge to the shotgun pleading dismissal by failing to adequately brief the issue on appeal.
