Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a service member's challenge to a base vaccination policy for youth sports due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court held that the Tucker Act does not grant the Court of Federal Claims authority to hear claims for injunctive relief without a money-mandating source of law.
The Seventh Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the denial of cancellation of removal for a stateless individual. The court found the Board of Immigration Appeals correctly determined that the petitioner failed to prove exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his United States citizen relatives.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his United States citizen relatives.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed in part and denied in part a petition for review of a denial of cancellation of removal because the petitioner failed to prove exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his U.S. citizen children. The court held that while it cannot reweigh factual findings, the undisputed record facts do not legally constitute the required level of hardship under the statute.
The Fourth Circuit held that a North Carolina Prayer for Judgment Continued conditioned on community service constitutes a conviction under federal immigration law. Consequently, the petitioner remains ineligible for cancellation of removal due to having two prior crimes involving moral turpitude.
The D.C. Circuit reversed summary judgment on a negligence claim because conflicting expert testimony regarding the walkway's coefficient of friction created a genuine issue of material fact. However, the court affirmed summary judgment on the negligence per se claim, finding the municipal regulation merely repeated the common law duty of care.
The D.C. Circuit upheld the TSA Administrator's order keeping a U.S. citizen on the No Fly List, rejecting constitutional and statutory challenges while dismissing one claim for lack of standing. The court deferred to the agency's national security expertise, finding the administrative redress process constitutionally adequate.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review, upholding the removal order against a Mexican mother and her daughter. The court found substantial evidence that the threats they faced stemmed from a personal custody dispute rather than membership in a protected social group.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order, upholding the Board of Immigration Appeals' rejection of asylum and Convention Against Torture claims. The court found that the petitioners' fear of gang violence was motivated by economic debt rather than a protected ground, and the alleged abuse did not meet the legal threshold for torture.
The Ninth Circuit denied Wayner Baudilio Cano-Cardona's petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decisions, upholding the denial of asylum and related protections. The court found substantial evidence supported the conclusion that gang recruitment was motivated by criminal intent rather than a protected ground.
