Case Law

11 August 2020 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

This case presents us with a simple question: do non-citizens subject to expedited removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1228 have a statutory right to counsel in reasonable fear proceedings before immigration judges? The answer, based on the plain language of § 1228, is yes.

20 August 2019 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Legal representation / Legal aid - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

8 March 2017 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

26 August 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Immigration law | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Petition for review granted to determine whether claimant has a well-founded fear of severe mistreatment for reasons of his membership in the particular social group, “former Mexican army soldiers who participated in anti-drug activity.”

15 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

BIA's conclusion on the lack of a causal nexus rejected and case remanded.

15 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A098-177-787. Petition Denied.

20 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

27 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Smuggling of persons - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons - Well-founded fear of persecution - Witnesses | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Decision filed on 3 January 2007 and amended on 29 February 2007.

3 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Mexico - United States of America