Topic
Every decision we've filed under Immigration (Civil).
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying cancellation of removal. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's determination that the petitioner failed to demonstrate exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to qualifying relatives.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging an immigration judge's in absentia removal order. The court found no abuse of discretion in the denial of the motion to reopen based on lack of notice or changed country conditions.
The Ninth Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court upheld the agency's finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to qualifying relatives.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing asylum and withholding of removal claims. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's determination that the petitioners failed to prove persecution on account of a protected ground.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying asylum and related protections. The court upheld the agency's adverse credibility determination and findings that the petitioner failed to meet the burden of proof for relief.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order dismissing an applicant's claims for withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture, and cancellation of removal. The court found substantial evidence supported the agency's determination that the petitioner failed to prove past persecution, a clear probability of future harm, or exceptional hardship to his children.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court found that the petitioner failed to exhaust administrative remedies regarding both his asylum application and his proposed social group for withholding of removal.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying a motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court upheld the agency's finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate extreme hardship to his children required to waive the time limit for reopening.
The Eleventh Circuit lacks jurisdiction to review a petition challenging only the denial of Convention Against Torture relief when the petitioner does not simultaneously challenge a final order of removal. The court dismissed the petition because the statutory framework requires judicial review of CAT claims to be part of a review of a final removal order.
The Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review challenging a removal order based on a defective notice to appear. The court held that misidentifying a noncitizen's country of origin in the notice does not deprive the immigration court of jurisdiction.