No. 19-1471

Jessica Lynn Tkacz v. Daniel G. Bogden, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-law due-process evidentiary-standard. immigration standard-of-review administrative-law administrative-review burden-of-proof due-process evidence-standard immigration immigration-law judicial-review marriage-fraud standard-of-review
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the deferential 'substantial evidence' standard employed by federal courts to review decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals fundamentally incompatible with the USCIS Director's burden to prove marriage fraud by 'substantial and probative evidence'

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Is the deferential “substantial evidence” standard employed by federal courts to review decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals fundamentally incompatible with the USCIS Director’s burden to prove marriage fraud by “substantial and probative evidence” when denying a visa petition because it prevents in federal court a more rigorous review of the agency’s evidence which the “substantial and probative evidence” standard demands; it blocks federal courts from discovering administrative error; it ignores decisional and statutory that insist on this heightened evidentiary standard; and it denies petitioner due process by excusing the agency from adducing in federal court the same affirmative evidence of marriage fraud it was required to adduce in the administrative forum? uu STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES None

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent Daniel G. Bogden, et al. to respond filed.
2020-06-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Daniel G. Bogden, et al.
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
tkacz
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner
Dennis P. Derrick — Petitioner