Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court found the petitioner failed to provide evidence compelling a conclusion contrary to the agency's findings on asylum and torture claims.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court order remanding a mass action to state court. The court held that the Class Action Fairness Act's local event exception is jurisdictional and that all claims arose from a single industrial fire.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a denial of social security disability benefits. The court held that the administrative law judge properly disregarded a medical opinion based on insufficient support and inconsistency with other evidence.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an appeal from an immigration judge's decision. The court found the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the immigration judge's exclusion of his son's testimony caused prejudice or that his family would suffer exceptional and extremely unusual hardship.
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 supporting the lower tribunal's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review seeking asylum and withholding of removal for a Brazilian national and her children. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's conclusion that anonymous threats did not constitute persecution and that the petitioners failed to show a well-founded fear of future harm.
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.
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying a motion to reconsider an asylum denial. The court upheld the agency's finding that the petitioners failed to establish membership in the proposed particular social groups.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Jason Kelly's employment-related action against the Social Security Administration. The court held that the district court properly dismissed the case for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and failure to state a claim.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed that the Endangered Species Act applies to the Bureau of Reclamation's operation of the Klamath Project. The court held that the Bureau retains sufficient discretion to manage water releases for endangered species despite contractual obligations to irrigators.
