Topic
Every decision we've filed under Immigration (Civil).
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying asylum. The court found that the petitioners failed to properly raise their claimed particular social group and that the harm they suffered was motivated by financial reasons rather than a protected ground.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court order requiring the return of two children to Canada under the Hague Convention. However, the appellate court vacated a preliminary injunction that had attempted to enjoin state court proceedings and direct a foreign tribunal to adjudicate the custody dispute.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying asylum to a Sikh man from India. The court held that substantial evidence supported the agency's finding that the petitioner's alleged harms did not constitute past persecution and that he could reasonably relocate within India to avoid future harm.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order returning two children to Canada under the Hague Convention but vacated a preliminary injunction that had enjoined state and foreign courts from adjudicating the custody dispute. The court held that the children were habitually resident in Canada and that the father wrongfully retained them in Texas, while rejecting the father's consent and judicial estoppel defenses.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision. The court found the petitioner failed to exhaust challenges to the asylum claim and that the evidence did not compel a finding of torture risk.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court upheld the denial of deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court affirmed the lower tribunal's finding that the petitioner was not a credible witness.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order. The court affirmed the lower tribunal's finding that the petitioner was not a credible witness.
The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order dismissing an asylum claim. The court found the petitioner failed to meet the substantial evidence standard required to overturn the agency's factual determinations.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection.