Topic
Every decision we've filed under Immigration (Civil).
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.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of Efra Deh's petition for review, holding that generalized allegations of interpreter dialect issues do not warrant reopening removal proceedings. The court found Deh failed to demonstrate specific mistranslations that would have altered the immigration judge's credibility determination.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed the petition for review regarding a waiver of the joint filing requirement due to a lack of jurisdiction over the underlying credibility findings. The court denied relief for cancellation of removal because the petitioner failed to maintain lawful permanent resident status at the time of his application.
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.
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.
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.
The D.C. Circuit denied Evergreen Shipping's petition for review, upholding the Federal Maritime Commission's order that detention charges levied during a port closure were unjust and unreasonable. The court affirmed that the Commission reasonably applied the Shipping Act's incentive principle to conclude that fees cannot promote freight fluidity when equipment cannot physically be returned.
The Ninth Circuit dismissed a petition for review of a BIA denial of cancellation of removal, holding it lacked jurisdiction over discretionary hardship determinations and factual findings. The court further rejected a claim regarding a defective Notice to Appear because the petitioner failed to exhaust the argument before the agency.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order denying asylum and withholding of removal to a Mexican national. The court held that the record did not compel a contrary conclusion regarding the petitioner's failure to prove a well-founded fear of persecution on account of a particular social group.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision to deny asylum and Convention Against Torture relief. The court held that small business ownership is not an immutable characteristic and that generalized country conditions do not prove government acquiescence required for CAT protection.