| 25-5 |
Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Al Otro Lado, a California Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-07-01 |
Granted |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
asylum-application border-entry immigration-law immigration-officer statutory-interpretation u.s.-mexico-border |
Whether an alien stopped on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border 'arrives in the United States' for purposes of asylum application under the Imm… |
| 21-6461 |
Andreea Dumitru, aka Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1028a aggravated-identity-theft asylum asylum-application circuit-split criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft lawful-authority lenity statutory-interpretation statutory-purpose |
Whether a defendant commits 'aggravated identity theft' under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1) when she 'uses' a client's identifying information in submitting… |
| 19-1155 |
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Ming Dai |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-20 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (1) |
asylum-application board-of-immigration-appeals court-of-appeals credibility-determination immigration-judge immigration-law ins-v-ventura judicial-review remand-rule removal-proceedings ventura |
Whether a court of appeals may conclusively presume that an asylum applicant's testimony is credible and true |
| 19-5005 |
Ahmadou Sankara v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Second Circuit |
2019-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-review asylum-application burden-of-proof cardoza-fonseca country-conditions immigration-law persecution political-persecution reasonable-possibility well-founded-fear |
What is the reasonable possibility standard for establishing a well-founded fear of persecution for asylum applicants? |