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Immigration (Civil)

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Apr 17 2026
9th Cir. 21-70398 Unpublished

LUIS OSVALDO JIMENEZ-OCHOA v. TODD BLANCHE, Acting Attorney General

The Ninth Circuit denied a Salvadoran national's petition for review of an asylum denial, ruling that witnesses who merely report crimes to the police lack the social distinction required for a cognizable particular social group. The court further held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice from alleged translation errors because the asylum claim failed on independent legal grounds.

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Apr 17 2026
9th Cir. 19-71857 Unpublished

Ciro Flores-Flores v. Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General

The Ninth Circuit denied Ciro Flores-Flores' petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision refusing to reconsider a denial of cancellation of removal. The court held that the BIA did not abuse its discretion because Flores voluntarily left the U.S. in 1999, breaking the ten-year continuous physical presence required for relief regardless of the validity of his notice to appear.

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Apr 17 2026
9th Cir. 17-72643 Unpublished

CARLOS GONZALEZ-BENITEZ v. TODD BLANCHE, Acting Attorney General Nos. 17-72643; 18-71411

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order rejecting a motion to reopen removal proceedings based on ineffective assistance of counsel. The court affirmed that the petitioner failed to satisfy the procedural requirements of Matter of Lozada because he did not provide his former counsel sufficient time to respond to allegations before filing his motion.

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Apr 16 2026
9th Cir. 25-2352 Unpublished

MARCELINO NAVARRO GOMEZ v. TODD BLANCHE, Acting Attorney General

The Ninth Circuit denies a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying cancellation of removal, holding that substantial evidence supports the finding that the petitioner's family would not suffer exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. The court reaffirms that factual findings regarding financial support and educational prospects are unreviewable under Wilkinson v. Garland.

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Apr 16 2026
9th Cir. 24-7024 Unpublished

JAIME OSIEL JAIMES-GRANADOS v. TODD BLANCHE, Acting Attorney General

The Ninth Circuit partially denied and partially granted a petition for review regarding an immigration order, ruling that substantial evidence supported the denial of withholding of removal but that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in denying voluntary departure. The court remanded the case for the agency to reweigh voluntary departure factors without relying on non-existent drug convictions.

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Apr 16 2026
9th Cir. 20-70342 Unpublished

ERICK GEOVANNI HENRIQUEZ-MEJIA v. TODD BLANCHE, Acting Attorney General

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of an immigration order, upholding the agency's refusal to consider a withholding of removal claim based on membership in a particular social group. The court ruled that the petitioner procedurally defaulted by failing to clearly delineate the specific social group before the Immigration Judge.

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