Ep. 224 - Precedential Decisions from 8/5/2024 - 8/11/2024 (denaturalization & estoppel; mental health & asylum; hardship review; attorney unpreparedness & continuances; particularly serious crimes; domestic violence & asylum; credibility)

Immigration Review

Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9)

• Indian derivative visas and CSPA; translation errors in removal proceedings and right to counsel

United States v. Munoz, No. 22-11574 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)

• denaturalization; clearly erroneous; collateral estoppel; judicial estoppel; date of conspiracy and other criminal indictments; necessary for conviction

Joshi v. Garland, No. 23-1236 (4th Cir. Aug. 8, 2024)

• involuntary mental health confinement as persecution; prosecution as persecution; parens patriae; electroconvulsive therapy

Garcia Cortes v. Garland, No. 22-1930 (4th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)

• exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; Wilkinson; review of whether IJ considered all evidence; rejecting expert therapist opinion and predictive findings

Bustos-Millan v. Garland, No. 21-2889 (7th Cir. Aug. 6, 2024)

• attorney unpreparedness; ineffective assistance of counsel; continuance; due process

Lafortune v. Garland, No. 23-1617 (1st Cir. Aug. 5, 2024)

• particularly serious crime; N-A-M- two-step analysis; elements based approach not required; conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349; CAT claims and Haiti

Gonzalez-Arevalo v. Garland, No. 23-1341 (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2024)

• nexus; gang retribution against family; relying on speculative noncitizen testimony; mixed motive; Guatemala

De Oliveira Rodrigues v. Garland, No. 23-2081 (1st Cir. Aug. 8, 2024)

• adverse credibility; omissions from credible fear interview; omissions from written affidavit; failure to corroborate; inconsistencies

Tista-Ruiz de Ajualip v. Garland, No. 23-3274 (6th Cir. Aug. 9, 2024)

• IJ and BIA independent duty to review the record for viable PSG and anti-circularity; Matter of A-B-; domestic violence; Matter of W-Y-C-& H-O-B-; unable or unwilling; Guatemala

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1. Ep. 224 - Precedential Decisions from 8/5/2024 - 8/11/2024 (denaturalization & estoppel; mental health & asylum; hardship review; attorney unpreparedness & continuances; particularly serious crimes; domestic violence & asylum; credibility) (00:00:00)

2. Intro + Nakka, et al. v. USCIS (CA9) and United States v. Valdivias-Soto (CA9) (00:01:48)

3. United States v. Munoz (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024) (00:04:10)

4. Joshi v. Garland (4th Cir. Aug. 8, 2024) (00:13:25)

5. Garcia Cortes v. Garland (4th Cir. Aug. 7, 2024) (00:21:02)

6. Bustos-Millan v. Garland (7th Cir. Aug. 6, 2024) (00:27:31)

7. Lafortune v. Garland (1st Cir. Aug. 5, 2024) (00:34:59)

8. Gonzalez-Arevalo v. Garland (1st Cir. Aug. 7, 2024) (00:45:19)

9. De Oliveira Rodrigues v. Garland (1st Cir. Aug. 8, 2024) (00:50:51)

10. Tista-Ruiz de Ajualip v. Garland (6th Cir. Aug. 9, 2024) (00:54:47)