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Immigration (Civil)

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Mar 10 2026
6th Cir. 25-3282 Published

Catarina Josefina Hernandez-Calel v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General

The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review of a BIA decision rejecting an asylum claim because the petitioner failed to prove her abuse was motivated by her membership in a protected social group. The court held that the harm suffered was the result of private crimes rather than persecution on account of her identity as an indigenous Mayan Quiche woman.

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Mar 10 2026
6th Cir. 25-3757 Published

Dario Humberto Ortiz Rodriguez v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General

The Sixth Circuit denied a petition for review regarding a withholding of removal claim, holding that the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision was supported by substantial evidence. The court found that police intervention in past attacks against the petitioner served as affirmative proof that Honduras has not abandoned its efforts to protect citizens from gang violence.

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Mar 10 2026
1st Cir. 25-1448 Panel Decision

CLARIXA MALDONADO-RUIZ v. PAMELA J. BONDI Attorney General

The First Circuit denied a petition for review of an asylum denial, ruling that the petitioner failed to prove past persecution or a sufficient causal link between the harm she suffered and her claimed sexual orientation. The court further held that the petitioner did not demonstrate that the Honduran government was unwilling or unable to protect her from private actors.

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Mar 10 2026
9th Cir. 24-7536 Published

MARICRUZ MARISOL ROJAS-ESPINOZA v. PAMELA BONDI

The Ninth Circuit en banc court denied the petitioners' motion to stay removal and lifted a previously entered temporary stay of removal. Chief Judge Murguia wrote separately to clarify that the lawfulness of the court's automatic stay practice is an internal administrative matter not properly before the court.

Civil Immigration (Civil)
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Mar 9 2026
7th Cir. 25-1739 Panel Decision

ISMAEL TORRIJOS-ZAMORA v. PAMELA J. BONDI, Attorney General of the United States

The Seventh Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order rejecting an asylum claim because the petitioner failed to prove the gang targeted him for a protected reason. The court upheld the finding that the gang's motivation was purely economic, aimed at recruiting boys for fuel theft rather than punishing the petitioner's civic activities.

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Mar 6 2026
11th Cir. 25-11585 Per Curiam

AMELIA CHUM-PASTOR EDISON G. CIFUENTES-CHUM v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

The Eleventh Circuit granted summary disposition in favor of the government, holding that petitioners abandoned their procedural challenge to the Board of Immigration Appeals' handling of their minor son's appeal. The court affirmed the BIA's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture relief without addressing the merits of the procedural argument.

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Mar 4 2026
U.S. Sup. Ct. 24-777 Unanimous

Urias-Orellana v. Bondi

The Supreme Court held that the Immigration and Nationality Act mandates substantial-evidence review for the Board of Immigration Appeals' determinations regarding whether undisputed facts constitute persecution. The Court affirmed the First Circuit's removal order, ruling that the record did not compel a finding of persecution under this deferential standard.

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