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The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of an immigration judge's denial of asylum and related relief. The court vacated the decision because the judge relied on multiple factual findings that lacked substantial evidence.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order, upholding the agency's finding that the petitioner's proposed social group lacked the required particularity and social distinction. The court also affirmed the denial of protection under the Convention Against Torture, though a judge dissented on the grounds that the agency failed to properly consider evidence of torture risk.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied petitions for rehearing en banc in cases involving attorney fee awards under the Equal Access to Justice Act for aliens in habeas proceedings.
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of an immigration judge's denial of asylum and related relief. The court vacated the decision because the judge relied on multiple factual findings unsupported by substantial evidence.
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of an immigration judge's denial of asylum and related relief. The court vacated the adverse credibility determination because the judge relied on inconsistencies unsupported by substantial evidence.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of cancellation of removal and voluntary departure, holding that substantial evidence supported the finding that the petitioner's wife did not face exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. The court further ruled that the agency did not abuse its discretion in denying voluntary departure given the petitioner's significant criminal history.
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of an immigration judge's denial of asylum and related relief. The court vacated the decision because the judge relied on multiple inconsistencies that were not supported by substantial evidence.
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review of an immigration judge's denial of asylum and related relief. The court found that the judge's adverse credibility determination was not supported by substantial evidence.
The Ninth Circuit denied a Mexican national's petition for review of her asylum and Convention Against Torture claims, ruling that she forfeited her challenge to the definition of a particular social group. The court held that the petitioner failed to meet her burden of proof because she did not properly raise alternative groups before the immigration judge.
The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded an immigration judge's denial of asylum claims due to insufficient evidence supporting adverse credibility determinations. The court found that most of the inconsistencies cited by the agency were either trivial, unsupported, or failed to meet the totality of the circumstances standard.
