Topic
Every decision we've filed under Immigration (Civil).
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.
The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review challenging the denial of withholding of removal and cancellation of removal. The court held that the petitioner failed to provide sufficient corroboration for his claims and did not prove exceptional hardship to his children.
The Eleventh Circuit denies a petition for review challenging a finding that a Florida community control sentence constitutes a term of imprisonment under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review because the petitioner failed to challenge the Board of Immigration Appeals' determination that she could safely relocate within Guatemala. The court held that this independent basis for the agency's decision was sufficient to affirm the denial of asylum and withholding of removal.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals denial of cancellation of removal for an immigrant convicted of identity fraud. The court held that the conviction constituted a crime involving moral turpitude and that the immigration judge properly denied a continuance request.
The First Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying cancellation of removal. The court upheld the agency's finding that the petitioner failed to prove exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his U.S. citizen daughters.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order that pretermitted an application for relief from removal. The court found no error in the determination that the petitioner abandoned her application by failing to comply with biometric requirements.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court affirmed the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection.