Correspondent
Breaking news correspondent, covers late-night developments and emergency rulings.
The Third Circuit dismissed a petition for review because the Board of Immigration Appeals denied a motion to reopen based on unfettered discretion regarding untimeliness. The court found no settled course of adjudication or incorrect legal premise existed to permit judicial review of this discretionary decision.
The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a BIA order denying cancellation of removal, holding that jurisdiction is barred over factual hardship findings. The court further ruled that aliens possess no due process rights regarding discretionary relief and that the petitioner failed to meet the legal standard for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion in this case on March twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-six. Judgment in accordance with the opinion was entered on the same date.
The Fifth Circuit denied Sandeep Singh's petition for review, upholding an adverse credibility finding by the Immigration Judge. The court held that substantial evidence supported the agency's conclusion that Singh's passport was altered and his supporting affidavits were suspiciously similar.
The Fifth Circuit denied asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection to a Honduran petitioner whose claim relied on a single incident of threats. The court held that the isolated nature of the incident and the lack of immediacy failed to establish the sustained pattern required for past persecution or a well-founded fear of future harm.
The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of a motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate the exceptional circumstances required to rescind an in absentia removal order.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of asylum and Convention Against Torture claims for an Indian national. The court held that the harm suffered did not reach the level of persecution and that the Indian government was capable of providing protection.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the FBI, ruling that a FOIA request for email header metadata was moot because the agency had already provided the requested recipient information. The court further held that the Freedom of Information Act does not require federal agencies to create new records to generate metadata that is not already stored in a separate, retrievable format.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed this appeal due to a failure to prosecute. The court issued an order stating that the dismissal stands as the mandate of the court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by a pro se plaintiff challenging a district court's dismissal of his complaint. The appellate court held that the order being appealed was neither final nor an appealable interlocutory order under federal law.
