9th Circuit
Mondaca-Vega v. Holder (9th Circuit, April 25, 2013)
Graber, Callahan, Pregerson (dissent)
Summary: “The panel denied Salvador Mondaca-Vega’s petition for review of the district court’s findings, following a bench trial pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(5) (now 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(5)), that he is not a United...
10th Circuit
Salgado-Torbio v. Holder (10th Circuit, April 23, 2013)
BALDOCK, O’Brien, McKay
Summary: “Petitioner Lucio Salgado-Toribio, acting pro se, seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. But this is not his first lap around the track....
11th Circuit
Ortiz-Bouchet v. Attorney General (11th Circuit, April 23, 2013)
Dubina, Barkett, Kleinfeld (per curiam)
Summary:“Kelvin Ortiz-Bouchet (“Ortiz”) and his wife, Edith Malpica-Zapata (“Malpica”), petition for review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ...
1st Circuit
Liu v. Holder (1st Circuit, April 22, 2013)
LYNCH, Thompson, Lipez
Summary: The First Circuit affirmed the agency’s denial of Chinese husband’s claim for asylum, finding that after Matter of J–S–, 24 I.& N. Dec. 520(A.G. 2008) the petitioner did not qualify for a presumption of asylum based on his...
8th Circuit
Castro-Gutierrez v. Holder (8th Circuit, April 22, 2013)
GRUENDER, Murphy, Smith
Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the agency’s denial of Colombian petitioner’s application for withholding of removal and CAT relief. Petitioner was ineligible for asylum based on the one-year filing deadline....
3rd Circuit
Sylvain v. Attorney General (3rd Circuit, April 22, 2013)
SMITH, Greenaway, Jr., Van Antwerpen
Summary:“Statutory language is important. It takes on added significance when a person‘s freedom is at stake. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, immigration officials ―shall take into custody anydeportable...
2nd Circuit
Gomez Santana v. Holder (2nd Circuit, April 22, 2013)
CHIN, Droney, Restani
Summary: The Second Circuit affirmed the agency’s determination that petitioner was ineligible for LPR Cancellation of Removal because his conviction under New York Penal Law ("NYPL") §§ 150.15 and 110.00 for Attempted Arson in the...
11th Circuit
Ruiz-Turcios v. Attorney General (11th Circuit, April 19, 2013)
BARKETT, Fay, Martin
Summary: Applying its recent en banc decision in Avila-Santoyo v. Attorney General, the panel vacated its prior decision that the 90 day time limit to file a motion to reopen was jurisdictional and remanded to the...
8th Circuit
Carcamo v. Holder (8th Circuit, April 19, 2013)
RILEY, Colloton, Gruender
Summary: The Eighth Circuit affirmed the IJ and BIA’s denial of petitioners motion to suppress, holding that a deliberate, unreasonable search of a home allegedly based on an unsupported claim of racial-profiling did not rise to the...
6th Circuit
Sejdini v. Holder (6th Circuit, April 19, 2013)
MARTIN, Gilman, Fowlkes
Summary:“This immigration case requires us to answer a pure question of statutory interpretation: is cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (the Nicaraguan Act) the same as cancellation of...
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