Topic
Every decision we've filed under Immigration (Civil).
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of a motion to reopen immigration proceedings. The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate due diligence or extraordinary circumstances required for equitable tolling of the filing deadline.
The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of an order dismissing an asylum appeal. The court held that the petitioners forfeited objections to defective notices to appear and failed to show persecution on account of a protected ground.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed the petition for review of an immigration order due to lack of jurisdiction. The court found the petitioner failed to brief arguments challenging the denial of asylum and withholding claims.
The Fifth Circuit dismissed a petition for review challenging an Immigration Judge's denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings. The court held it lacked jurisdiction over the BIA's discretionary refusal to sua sponte reopen the case and found the petitioner's arguments on notice and timeliness unavailing.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court upheld the agency's adverse credibility finding and the resulting denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture relief.
The Seventh Circuit denied a petition for review of a removal order while imposing sanctions on counsel for submitting a brief riddled with AI-generated hallucinations. The court fined one attorney five thousand dollars and referred the second attorney to state disciplinary authorities for ethical violations.
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 substantial evidence supported the agency's determination that the petitioner failed to demonstrate exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to qualifying relatives.
The First Circuit denied a petition challenging the dismissal of an immigration appeal due to lack of jurisdiction over discretionary decisions. However, the court granted a separate petition to reopen the appeal, finding the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion by denying a motion based on ineffective assistance of counsel.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of a new options trading platform. The court upheld the Commission's finding that latency arbitrage harms the options market and that the proposed speed-bump technology effectively targets such predatory trading.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of Convention Against Torture relief. The court issued an equally divided vote on the statutory withholding claim, leaving the lower court's denial intact.