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Apr 29 2026
11th Cir. 25-11259 Per Curiam

Santos Ramiro Hernandez-Galindo v. U.S. Attorney General

The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision refusing to rescind a 2002 in absentia removal order. The court held that the petitioner failed to overcome the presumption of receiving notice of his hearing and did not demonstrate materially changed country conditions in El Salvador.

Apr 29 2026
6th Cir. 25-3504 Published

Us v. Blanche

The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying cancellation of removal. The court held that the IJ's finding that the petitioner's U.S.-citizen children would not suffer exceptional and extremely unusual hardship was supported by substantial evidence.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 24-5648 Unpublished

SANTOYO SORIANO, ET AL. V. BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing asylum and protection claims. The court held that criminal extortion by a gang was motivated by pecuniary gain rather than family membership, and that petitioners failed to exhaust claims regarding a child's disability.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 18-70315 Unpublished

NELDA PENA-PORTILLO, ET AL V. TODD BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review because the petitioner failed to argue the merits of her asylum and removal claims in her opening brief. The court also dismissed jurisdictional challenges regarding the Notice to Appear and ineffective assistance of counsel as unexhausted or foreclosed by precedent.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 25-3097 Unpublished

MIHAI, ET AL. V. BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a BIA order denying asylum and related protections, ruling that the petitioners forfeited their primary legal challenge. The court dismissed the petition without addressing the merits of the underlying immigration claims due to procedural failures in the brief.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 25-2254 Unpublished

GALDAMEZ V. BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an asylum seeker's claims. The court held that the BIA's streamlining procedure was lawful and that the petitioner forfeited all other challenges by failing to raise them in his opening brief.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 25-3538 Unpublished

ESCOBAR DE HENRIQUEZ, ET AL. V. BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied the petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of asylum and Convention Against Torture claims, ruling that key arguments were forfeited for failure to be raised in the opening brief. Even on the merits, the court found substantial evidence supported the lower court's conclusion that the threats lacked a nexus to a protected ground and were not committed by forces the government could not control.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 17-73325 Unpublished

ERICK TUCTO-SANCHEZ V. TODD BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order because the petitioner failed to exhaust specific legal challenges before the Board of Immigration Appeals. The court dismissed the petition without addressing the merits of the asylum, withholding of removal, or Convention Against Torture claims.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 22-1949 Unpublished

CASTELLANOS GARCIA, ET AL. V. BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied the petition for review because the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the denial of asylum based solely on the one-year filing bar without addressing the merits. Consequently, the panel could not review arguments regarding changed circumstances, leaving the petitioners' claims for relief denied.

Apr 29 2026
9th Cir. 24-4687 Unpublished

CASTELLANOS GARCIA, ET AL. V. BLANCHE

The Ninth Circuit denied the petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' order dismissing asylum and withholding claims. The court found the petitioners failed to overcome the one-year filing deadline and could not establish a cognizable social group for protection.