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25-6714 Ivan Granillo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending IFP criminal-law federal-crime immigration-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation transportation What mens rea is required for the element that the defendant transport or move a noncitizen 'in furtherance' of a violation of law?
25-899 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. O. Doe, et al. First Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law statutory-construction Whether President Trump's Executive Order No. 14,160 complies with the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause and 8 U.S.C. 1401(a)
25A675 United States v. Leopoldo Rivera-Valdes Ninth Circuit 2025-12-09 Application deportation due-process immigration-law notice-requirements removal-order statutory-notice Whether due process requires the government to take additional reasonable steps to provide actual notice of a deportation hearing beyond mailing notic…
25-656 In Re Rayon Payne 2025-12-05 Denied Response Waived due-process immigration-law judicial-review jurisdictional-conflict procedural-default supervisory-authority Whether the Supreme Court should exercise supervisory authority to resolve a jurisdictional conflict between federal courts and address potential due …
25A640 Tetiana Semeniuk v. Abdelrahman Abouelmagd Second Circuit 2025-12-02 Application asylum-confidentiality child-protection domestic-violence family-separation immigration-law passport-restrictions Whether federal immigration law and confidentiality protections under VAWA and asylum regulations preclude forced family separation and document discl…
25A564 Baoming Chen v. Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-14 Application agency-action circuit-split immigration-law judicial-review mootness voluntary-cessation Whether a federal court retains jurisdiction to review a case when an agency unilaterally ceases allegedly unlawful conduct to evade judicial review
25-6088 Andis Noe Cortez-Zepeda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-12 Pending IFP administrative-procedure aggravated-felony due-process expedited-removal immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether an alien wrongly subject to an expedited removal meets the requirements of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d) by showing he was misled by the form and would n…
25-5962 Ismael Adan Ortiz-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-27 Pending IFP administrative-procedure aggravated-felony due-process expedited-removal immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether an alien wrongly subject to expedited removal due to mischaracterization of prior conviction meets statutory requirements for challenging remo…
25-429 Pamela Bondi, Attorney General v. Muk Choi Lau Second Circuit 2025-10-08 Granted immigration-law inadmissibility-grounds lawful-permanent-resident parole removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether, to remove an LPR who committed an offense listed in Section 1182(a)(2) and was subsequently paroled into the United States, the government mu…
25-365 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. First Circuit 2025-09-29 Pending Amici (22)Relisted (2) birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law Whether the Executive Order restoring the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause complies with the Fourteenth Amendment and 8 U.S.C. 1401(a)
25-364 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-29 Pending Relisted (2) birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation executive-order fourteenth-amendment immigration-law Whether the Executive Order restoring the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment and 8 U.S.C. 140…
25-363 Victor Manuel Castro-Aleman, aka Alfredo Quinones Olmo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-26 Denied Amici (2) discretionary-relief due-process fundamental-unfairness immigration-law judicial-procedure removal-proceedings Whether an immigration judge's failure to inform an alien of the right to seek discretionary relief from removal violates due process and thus can con…
25-5716 Jesus Meraz-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
25-5365 Omar Alonso Pazos-Montes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
25-5109 In Re Maria Dolores Navarro Martin 2025-07-15 Dismissed IFP discretionary-power due-process federal-declaratory-judgment immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court had jurisdiction under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act and whether the Attorney General and Immigration officials exer…
25-5093 Hector Manuel Nunez-Cardenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
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…
24-1288 Monika Kapoor v. Vincent F. DeMarco, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied convention-against-torture extradition habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review suspension-clause Whether Congress has stripped the federal courts of habeas jurisdiction over Convention Against Torture (CAT) claims by individuals facing extradition
24-7432 Eleazar Diaz-Balleza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process felony-conviction immigration-law jury-trial sentencing-enhancement Whether the existence of a pre-removal felony conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is an element of an enhanced offense that must be proven to a jury b…
24-7148 Julia Greenberg v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute document-fraud false-statement federal-criminal-law immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C.A. §1546(a) reaches 'authentic' immigration documents that are generated following a false statement
24-1060 Leticia T. Moreno, et al. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Seven, et al. California 2025-04-08 Denied alien-registration confidentiality federal-preemption immigration-law regulatory-authority standing Whether a state may create a private cause of action allowing a non-aggrieved, non-governmental entity to regulate federal practitioners
24-6922 Lorenzo Vazquez-Alba v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-criminal-law illegal-entry immigration-law judicial-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the district court properly enter judgment under both 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2)?
24-6595 Martin Guadalupe Cardiel-Ruiz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-appeal collateral-attack due-process immigration-law judicial-review removal-proceedings Whether a defendant satisfies 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d)(1)-(2) when their removal order appeal waiver was not considered and intelligent
24-834 Evgeny Pistrak v. Kseniia Golubeva Washington 2025-02-05 Denied Response Waived federal-preemption immigration-law maintenance-obligations spousal-support state-court supremacy-clause Whether the Supremacy Clause and federal immigration law preempt a state court from imposing maintenance obligations solely because a spouse lacks wor…
24-817 Edward Lasseville v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2025-01-31 Denied Response Waived alien-registration federal-preemption homeland-security immigration-law national-security state-regulation Whether federal preemption bars California's Immigration Consultants Act from regulating practitioners and others assisting in alien registration
24-777 Douglas Humberto Urias-Orellana, et al. v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General First Circuit 2025-01-23 Granted Amici (9)Relisted (2) administrative-law asylum-eligibility board-of-immigration-appeals immigration-law judicial-review refugee-status Whether a federal court of appeals must defer to the BIA's judgment that a given set of undisputed facts does not demonstrate mistreatment severe enou…
24-6345 Mark Jones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-violation criminal-statute guilty-plea immigration-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether 'in violation of law' in 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) is limited to criminal immigration violations and does not include civil immigration vio…
24-6316 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process immigration-law naturalization statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Is Question No. 15 on the naturalization application (N-400), when considered in conjunction with 18 U.S.C. § 1425, void for vagueness and thus a viol…
24A674 Executive Office for Immigration Review, et al. v. Al Otro Lado, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-10 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act asylum-seekers border-policy class-action-relief immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law Whether federal immigration officials may lawfully prevent noncitizens at the U.S.-Mexico border from applying for asylum through a 'metering' policy …
24-6245 Brad A. Smith v. United States First Circuit 2025-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP fifth-amendment fourth-amendment immigration-law interrogation-rights knock-and-talk sixth-amendment Did authorities violate the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments during a 'knock-and-talk' interrogation by entering a secured gate, demanding identifi…
24-599 United States, ex rel. Gregor Lesnik, et al. v. ISM VUZEM, d.o.o., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied administrative-procedure false-claims-act government-obligation immigration-law statutory-interpretation visa-fraud Whether knowingly applying impermissibly for the less expensive B1 visas, rather than alternative petition-based visas, was knowingly and improperly '…
24-547 Maria E. Smith v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-11-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure agency-discretion citizenship-petition due-process immigration-law record-inspection Did the agency violate Mrs. Smith's due process rights by requiring that she rebut what it asserted was derogatory information but summarizing that in…
24A444 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-11-04 Presumed Complete constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure federal-statute immigration-law naturalization supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a) and the Naturalization Application Form N-400 are unconstitutionally vague in their application to immigrant criminal proc…
24-5790 Inmer Isai Mayorga-Jacinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5766 Gilberto Nicolas Campos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-401 Ashok Kumar Cheejati, et al. v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-10 Denied administrative-procedure agency-action immigration-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation withholding-claims Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) precludes judicial review of unlawful withholding claims and whether a statutory deadline is required to state a …
24-5681 Jacob Poole v. USCIS Pittsburgh Field Office Third Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-trafficking citizenship-revocation human-rights immigration-law medical-torture paramilitary-groups Whether the USCIS improperly sought to revoke citizenship based on alleged child trafficking and covert medical torture in the Pittsburgh area
24-5614 Hussein Kadhim Abood Khalaf v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP deportation-consequences immigration-law ineffective-assistance moral-turpitude padilla-standard plea-bargain When deportation consequences posed by a criminal charge are not clear, do attorneys render ineffective assistance by telling an indigent client their…
24-303 Julian Javier Pimienta Dominguez v. Maria del Carmen Rendon Quijada Arizona 2024-09-17 Denied Response Waived domicile-requirements federal-preemption immigration-law nonimmigrant-visa territorial-jurisdiction visa-status Whether federal law precludes the holder of a TD nonimmigrant visa from establishing domicile in Arizona
24-5520 Cyril Nnadozie Okoli v. Shanita R. Tucker, et al. First Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-review agency-action due-process equal-protection immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether the USCIS misinterpreted 8 U.S.C. § 1154(c) in denying a spousal visa petition based on alleged marriage fraud
24-5455 Nelson Alexis Colato-Gallardo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5417 Joshual Lamar Davis v. Ian Maxfield, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-184 Xuejie He v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2024-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process en-banc-review equal-protection fourteenth-amendment immigration-law Whether the denial of a petition for rehearing en banc violated Xuejie He's Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights
24-5281 Alexander A. Fels v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights deportation due-process equal-protection immigration-law legal-status Whether the Supreme Court should review the classification of an immigrant's legal status and potential constitutional violations related to deportati…
24-5130 Devon Nunes v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law equitable-tolling immigration-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review numerical-limits statutory-motion statutory-motions-to-reopen immigration-law
24-5129 Sergio Estrada-Maduena v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7732 Jose Edgar Hernandez v. Texas Texas 2024-06-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process free-speech immigration-law judicial-review migrants-rights standing takings Question not identified
23A1091 Jackson Peter Chiwanga v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit 2024-06-06 Presumed Complete aggravated-felony domestic-assault federal-interpretation fifth-circuit immigration-law state-criminal-law Whether federal immigration authorities can override a state's own classification of a criminal offense when determining whether a conviction constitu…
23-1270 Pierre Yassue Nashun Riley v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Fourth Circuit 2024-06-04 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (2) board-of-immigration-appeals convention-against-torture immigration-law jurisdictional-deadline petition-for-review removal-proceedings Whether the 30-day deadline for filing a petition for review of a BIA decision in immigration proceedings is jurisdictional or a claims-processing rul…
23-7560 David Darnell Whitehead v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling border-crossing criminal-intent criminal-procedure designated-port-of-entry illegal-immigration immigration-law mens-rea port-of-entry statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the petitioner's conduct constituted bringing aliens to or entering the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry, and wh…
23-7456 Eric Romero-Lobato v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1252b compelling-circumstances deportation deportation-order immigration-law in-absentia in-absentia-proceeding minority-status noncitizen-status presumption-of-regularity statutory-interpretation Whether the minority status of a noncitizen at the time an in absentia deportation order is issued falls among the compelling circumstances sufficient…
23-7347 J. Guadalupe Figueroa-Juarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7299 In Re Devon Armond Gayles 2024-04-24 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights deportation due-process immigration-law nationality-and-status non-citizen-status original-jurisdiction supreme-court-review treaties Question not identified
23-7217 Julio Ruiz Chuta v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-penalties de-minimis de-minimis-exception family-friend financial-gain human-smuggling immigration immigration-law sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a prosecution under the enhanced penalties of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii) can be sustained where the 'private financial gain' involved is a d…
23-7208 Abiy Yifru v. United States Federal Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights consular-discretion counsel due-process employment-contract immigration immigration-law property-interest takings takings-clause Whether the government's intentional interference with an alien's valid employment contract that results in the alien's indefinite homelessness is a t…
23-7026 Pedro Valencia-Ayala v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review discriminatory-purpose equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-1027 In Re Palani Karupaiyan 2024-03-19 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-governance corporate-misconduct due-process employment-discrimination immigration-law outsourcing-practices standing treasury-recovery visa-fraud Whether the petitioners are entitled to the writs of mandamus, prohibition or alternative relief
23-6851 Praxedis Saul Portillo-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies collateral-attack due-process exhaustion-of-remedies immigration immigration-law judicial-review removal-order Does the court of appeals' holding conflict with Mendoza-Lopez?
23-929 Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General Tenth Circuit 2024-02-27 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) administrative-procedure deadline-calculation immigration-law post-decision-motion removal-proceedings voluntary-departure When a noncitizen's voluntary-departure period ends on a weekend or public holiday, is a motion to reopen filed the next business day sufficient to av…
23-928 Yun Zheng, aka Wendy Zheng, and Yan Qiu Wu, aka Jason Wu v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied circuit-split harboring-aliens harmless-error immigration-law jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea neder-v-united-states Whether a jury instruction under 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) requires the Government to prove that a defendant intended to help that alien evade dete…
23-6596 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2024-01-26 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP board-of-immigration-appeals child-status-protection-act criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-review fair-sentencing-act immigration-law plain-error priority-date retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it refused to apply the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to Kenneth Roshaun Qedens
23-6206 Ken Ejimofor Ezeah v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 custody habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review noncitizen-rights removal-order savings-clause statutory-interpretation successive-petitions Does the savings clause provided in Section 2255(e) allow the court to hear a prisoner's custody petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 following the d…
23-583 Amina Bouarfa v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-30 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (3) administrative-law circuit-split immigration-law judicial-review nondiscretionary-criteria revocation visa-petition Whether a visa petitioner may obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria
23-348 Kristen H. Colindres, et al. v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-limitations consular-nonreviewability due-process equal-protection free-speech immigration immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether the doctrine of consular nonreviewability insulates from judicial review a consular decision
23-334 Department of State, et al. v. Sandra Muñoz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-29 Judgment Issued Amici (16)Relisted (2) constitutional-rights consular-nonreviewability consular-officer due-process immigration-law immigration-nationality-act standing statutory-interpretation visa-application visa-denial Whether a consular officer's refusal of a visa to a U.S. citizen's noncitizen spouse impinges upon a constitutionally protected interest of the citize…
23-5502 Juan Antonio Hernandez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a law originally enacted with a discriminatory purpose can be cured of an equal protection violation by subsequent amendments or reenactments …
23-115 Fathi Elltaif Saad Elldakli, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied administrative-procedure-act agency-action citizenship-and-immigration-services final-agency-action immigration-law judicial-review removal-proceedings status-adjustment Whether a status-adjustment decision by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services constitutes final agency action within the meaning of t…
23-5275 Ambrosio Nolasco-Ariza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation undesirable-aliens-act Does 8 U.S.C. § 1326 violate the equal-protection guarantee of the Fifth-Amendment?
23-5099 Dustin Jolly v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing deportation immigration immigration-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should the Supreme Court use its supervisory authority to resolve the conflict between the Sixth Circuit and other circuits on applying the Supreme Co…
23-22 Save Jobs USA v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2023-07-06 Denied administrative-law agency-authority department-of-homeland-security employment-authorization executive-power immigration-law major-questions-doctrine nonimmigrant-visas statutory-interpretation Are the statutory terms defining nonimmigrant visas in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15) mere threshold entry requirements that cease to apply once an alien is a…
23-16 Axel Rietschin v. Dominika Rietschin Washington 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-court civil-procedure due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-status marriage-proceedings non-immigrant-aliens state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Can a State civil Court assert jurisdiction in private matters over non-immigrant aliens admitted temporarily under 8 U.S.C. § 1184?
22-7795 Gregory Ifesinachi Ezeani v. Laura B. Zuchowski, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Vermont Service Center Second Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-law administrative-procedure appeal-suppression civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-officials immigration-law Whether the plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated by the USCIS director's suppression of the plaintiff's appeal application, resulting in hi…
22-7677 Francis Okiemute Akpore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process federal-tort-claims-act immigration immigration-law jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice removal removal-proceedings subject-matter-jurisdiction Does 8 U.S.C. 1252(g) strip the district court of subject matter jurisdiction to hear a noncitizen's FTCA claim of wrongful removal?
22-7616 Milton Mendoza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law immigration-law immigration-removal notice-to-appear removal-proceedings separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation time-and-place ultra-vires Whether a putative notice to appear that does not contain the time and place of removal proceedings, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1)(Q), is ultr…
22-7541 Luis Nunez-Romero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 administrative-law due-process immigration-law immigration-removal notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Whether a putative notice to appear that does not contain the time and place of removal proceedings, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1)(G), is ultr…
22-1071 Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2023-05-04 Denied Amici (7) 8-usc-1101 administrative-law department-of-homeland-security due-process employment-authorization immigration immigration-law immigration-procedure nonimmigrant-visas statutory-interpretation Are the statutory terms defining nonimmigrant visas in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15) mere threshold entry requirements that cease to apply once an alien is a…
22-7269 Melchor Karl T. Limpin v. Robert B. C. McSeveney, Judge, United States Immigration Court, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourth-amendment immigration immigration-law probable-cause warrant-clause Whether the statute 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a) is constitutionally impermissible under the Fourth and Fifth Amendment equal protection clause
22-7243 Mario Roberto Bonilla-Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry immigration-law in-absentia removal-order sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines Whether Mr. Bonilla-Diaz's in absentia removal order, which issued when he was ten years old and forms the basis for his illegal reentry conviction, i…
22-7095 Efrain Avila-Flores v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied IFP 8-usc-1326d administrative-procedure circuit-split due-process fundamental-fairness fundamental-unfairness immigration-law removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a failure to advise an unrepresented alien in removal proceedings about relief for which he is apparently eligible, is a defect that can rende…
22-884 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Varinder Singh Ninth Circuit 2023-03-14 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) administrative-law due-process immigration-law in-absentia-order notice-requirement notice-requirements removal-proceeding removal-proceedings rescission statutory-interpretation Whether the failure to receive, in a single document, all of the information specified in paragraph (1) of 8 U.S.C. 1229(a) precludes an additional do…
22-6962 Antonio Rosas-Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure claim-processing-rule enforcement-action executive-branch immigration-law immigration-removal legislative-rule notice-to-appear statutory-requirement statutory-requirements Whether a statutory requirement for initiation of an enforcement action is a claim-processing rule or constrains the government's statutory license
22-6479 Felix Agustin Dominguez-Bido, aka Sealed Defendant 1, aka Felix Dominguez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law niz-chavez-v-garland notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the Government may commence removal proceedings by serving a noncitizen with a 'notice to appear' that does not specify the date, time, and pl…
22-582 United States v. Jose Felipe Hernandez-Calvillo, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-12-22 GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prohibition first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law overbreadth-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against conspiring to encourage or induce unlawful immigration is facially unconstitutional on First Amendmen…
22-6347 Manuel Alejandro Sanchez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 bastide-hernandez-v-united-states due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law nix-chaves-v-barr notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the United States' initiating removal proceedings against a noncitizen with a 'Notice to Appear' that fails to include the date and time of th…
22-6281 Juan Carlos Bastide-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 circuit-court-rulings circuit-split immigration-law notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the United States' initiating removal proceedings against a noncitizen with a 'Notice to Appear' that fails to include the date and time of th…
22-6250 Matthew James Dury v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP alias citizenship-status civil-rights criminal-procedure deportation due-process immigration immigration-law legal-residency naturalization permanent-residency Whether a foreign-born defendant can be ordered to violate U.S. laws
22-6228 Giovanny Sanchez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States was wrongly decided
22-6095 Owen Garth Hinkson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony appellate-waiver constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process immigration immigration-law ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-enhancement vacated-conviction Whether the district court can sentence Mr. Owen Garth Hinkson to a statute of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2), 20 years imprisonment when his 1987 Massachusett…
22-331 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Fernando Cordero-Garcia, aka Fernando Cordero Ninth Circuit 2022-10-07 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation witness-dissuasion Whether dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, in violation of California law, is 'an offense relating to obstruction of justice,' 8 U.S.C. 1101…
22-5729 Jose Madrid-Becerra v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history criminal-procedure deportation early-release federal-criminal-defendants immigration immigration-law sentencing-guidelines state-statutes Whether U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1(d) applies to federal criminal defendants who were previously released from prison pursuant to state statutes authorizing the…
22-5698 Robert L. Davis v. Julian Holt, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 appeal-process civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts forged-document hearing-rights immigration-law judicial-procedure non-citizen-rights standing Does federal Rules of Civil Procedure allow a petitioner to file a non 42 U.S.C. §1983 civil suit in federal court?
22-5553 Rafael Villagomez-Troche v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 administrative-law court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction Whether service of a 'notice to appear' that complies with 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1) is required to vest jurisdiction in an immigration court over removal…
22-179 United States v. Helaman Hansen Ninth Circuit 2022-08-29 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) 8-usc-1324 commercial-advantage constitutional-challenge criminal-prohibition first-amendment immigration immigration-law overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine private-financial-gain statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in v…
22-5456 Min Jeong Kim v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Fourth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-discretion civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism immigration-law judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the circuit court has jurisdiction over criminal, bankruptcy, immigration, or state matters
22-23 Jean Francois Pugin v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit 2022-07-07 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (3) aggravated-felony board-of-immigration-appeals chevron-deference immigration-law immigration-nationality-act obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Whether a state offense that does not involve interference with an existing official proceeding or investigation may constitute an 'offense relating t…
21-8229 Juan Jesus Barrieta-Barrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split collateral-estoppel criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process immigration immigration-law judicial-precedent prior-conviction sentencing statutory-interpretation Does a district court's finding that the defendant should be punished under Subsection (b)(2) bind future decision-makers on the question of whether h…
21-1536 Arvind Gupta v. Headstrong, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure contract-law employment-law h1b-visa immigration-law nonimmigrant-worker settlement-agreement wage-and-hour wage-hour-violations Whether employers can have a legally enforceable private settlement and release agreement with the nonimmigrant worker in violation of INA requirement…
21-1446 Simin Nouritajer, et al. v. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied administrative-law agency-action immigrant-petition immigration immigration-law judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether considering the strong presumption of jurisdiction to review agency action repeatedly recognized by this Court, 8 U.S.C. §1155 and 8 U.S.C. §1…
21-1436 Leon Santos-Zacaria, aka Leon Santos-Sacarias v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit 2022-05-12 Judgment Issued Amici (3) administrative-exhaustion administrative-law circuit-split exhaustion-of-remedies immigration-law judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1252(d)(1)'s exhaustion requirement is jurisdictional, or merely a mandatory claims-processing rule that may be waived or forfeited
21-7590 Stephen Izuchukwu Onwuzulike v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights deportation due-process immigration immigration-law judicial-discretion jurisdiction non-citizen-rights procedural-review standing takings Whether the Due Process Clause prohibits the suppression of a properly filed appeal application
21-7549 Ernesto Palacios-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States was wrongly decided
21-7553 Larry David Davis v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment administrative-procedure civil-rights discretionary-relief due-process immigration-law ineffective-assistance judicial-review motion-to-reopen speedy-trial Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the delayed issuance of an arrest warrant and probable cause affidavits
21-7398 Ricardo Rizo-Rizo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law immigration immigration-law mens-rea ninth-circuit presumption-of-mens-rea public-welfare-exception public-welfare-offense statutory-interpretation Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1) fits under the 'public-welfare-exception' to the presumption of mens rea when the statute does not involve 'dangerous-an…
21-1219 Estela Mabel Argueta Romero v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied administrative-law immigration immigration-law judicial-review jurisdiction notice-to-appear order-of-removal removal removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a noncitizen who leaves the United States after receiving notice to appear at a removal hearing, but before receiving an order of removal, is …
21-7261 Ezeani Gregory Ifesinachi v. Guy Cirillo, Warden Third Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review procedural-inconsistency state-court Whether the District Court's refusal to review the legality of the petitioner's detention due to the government's failure to timely adjudicate his pen…
21-7209 Juan Alfonso Nuno-Velasco v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada Nevada 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights consular-agreement discretionary-decision due-process foreign-national-rights foreign-nationals immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge standing treaty-interpretation Whether the Consular Agreement between the United States and a foreign country provides access to foreign nationals with certain exceptions?
21-6815 Noe Flores-Perez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied IFP administrative-remedies administrative-remedy exhaustion-doctrine immigration-law in-absentia in-absentia-proceeding judicial-review notice-requirements removal-order removal-proceedings Whether a motion to reopen is an administrative remedy that must be pursued before challenging the validity of an in absentia removal order under 8 U.…
21-954 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-12-29 Judgment Issued Amici (24) administrative-discretion administrative-law agency-discretion border-policy due-process homeland-security immigration-law immigration-policy judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether 8 U.S.C. 1225 requires DHS to continue implementing MPP
21-6445 Ruben Vazquez-Ovalle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Vazquez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
21-6378 Severo Garcia-Meza v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law board-of-immigration-appeals civil-rights compassionate-release cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process immigration-law incarceration ineffective-assistance judicial-review sentencing Whether a district court has authority to reduce a sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) when determining a compassionate release motion
21-6287 Mario Hernandez-Galarza v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history discrimination due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-law liberty noncitizen-rights sentencing-guidelines Whether U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(3) is unconstitutional
21-6228 Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Urena v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements When a notice to appear fails to include information required by statute and/or regulation, does the immigration court lack jurisdiction over the matt…
21-6205 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-11-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law constitutional-vagueness covid-19 covid-19-impact crime-of-violence deportation due-process immigration immigration-law Whether the Supreme Court holding in Session v. Dimaya vacates administrative charges under 18 U.S.C. §16(b)
21-6100 Rodrigo Martinez-Mendoza v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clear-error clear-error-standard due-process factual-findings immigration immigration-law law-enforcement-testimony public-confidence standard-of-review whether-appellate-court-reviewing-factual-findings-for-clear-error-must-take-account-of-undisputed-contrary-evidence
21-5763 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Downtown Eugene, Inc. Oregon 2021-09-23 Denied IFP administrative-procedure appellate-review board-of-immigration-appeals civil-procedure due-process immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge service-of-notice service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in dismissing Petitioner's appeal on jurisdictional grounds due to lack of service on adverse parties when Pe…
21-5747 Juan Carlos Osorto v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history due-process equal-protection federal-agencies immigration-law noncitizen-rights noncitizens sentencing-guidelines Whether USSG § 2L1.2(b)(3) is unconstitutional
21-5752 Ivan Alexandrovich Vetcher v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court civil-rights controlled-substances court-access-rights deportation-challenge dismissal-with-prejudice due-process immigration immigration-law pleadings pro-se pro-se-pleading Whether the district court and court of appeals properly applied the requirements for pleadings as applied in most circuits
21-5524 Miguel Andres Lara-Unzueta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1252 8-usc-1326 deportation deportation-proceeding due-process immigration-law judicial-review procedural-rights removable-alien Does a deportation proceeding deprive a removable alien of the opportunity for judicial review under 8 U.S.C. §1326(d)(2)?
21-199 Mohammad Sharif Khalil v. Ur Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied asylum-status immigration-law immigration-nationality-act inadmissibility military-training real-id-act retroactive-application terrorist-activities terrorist-organization Whether the INA, as amended by the REAL ID Act, permits the government to retroactively deem a noncitizen inadmissible for receiving military-type tra…
21-94 Lt. Colonel Patrick Schreiber v. Tracy Renaud, Acting Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-issue-exhaustion administrative-law carr-v-davis child-definition constitutional-claim federal-common-law immigration-law immigration-nationality-act legitimation state-law statutory-interpretation Definition of 'child' in Immigration and Nationality Act
21-80 Outdoor Amusement Business Association, Inc., et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied administrative-law clear-statement-rule h-2b-visa immigration-law labor-certification legislative-rulemaking nondelegation-doctrine Whether Congress impliedly authorized the Secretary of Labor to promulgate legislative rules for the admission of H-2B workers and adjudicate H-2B lab…
21-7 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Leymis Carolina Velasquez, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-06 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) adjustment-of-status administrative-law admission-criteria immigration immigration-law lawful-permanent-resident permanent-residency statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status Whether a grant of temporary protected status must be treated as an admission into the United States for purposes of a foreign national's application …
20-8465 Felipe Ambriz-Valdovinos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-cfr-1003.14 8-usc-1229 administrative-procedure circuit-split immigration-law immigration-proceedings jurisdiction notice-to-appear statutory-interpretation Should the Court resolve the circuit split on whether a notice to appear in immigration proceedings must comply with the statutory definition of a not…
20-1803 Evelyn Sineneng-Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response Waived alien-status constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute due-process first-amendment immigration-law standing statutory-interpretation vagueness Do the terms 'encouraging' and 'inducing' an alien to reside in the United States, within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv), extend to the f…
20-1776 Owen Marlon Alexander v. Breaking Ground, et al. Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied administrative-procedure agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process guardianship immigration-law intervention public-charge rule-making standing Whether States with interests should be permitted Question not identified
20-8201 Andres Abelino Ayon-Brito, aka Hugo Ayon-Brito, aka Joel Diaz Garcia v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law reentry reentry-violation statutory-interpretation Does a 'found in' violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 occur when an alien reenters the country, or when the alien is 'found in' the United States by immigrat…
20-8074 Anibal Lucas Garcia v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony appellate-review categorical-approach duenas-alvarez formal-law generic-crime immigration-law overbreadth-doctrine state-law statutory-interpretation Whether under Duenas-Alvarez and Virginia state decisions, Va. Code § 18.2-168, forgery of public records, is an aggravated felony as a crime relating…
20-7969 Refugio Agustin-Pineda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure due-process immigration-law immigration-proceedings jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the government may commence removal proceedings by serving a noncitizen with a 'notice to appear' that fails to specify the hearing's time and…
20-7950 Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and hold that a prior conviction is an element of the aggravated form of the ille…
20-7862 In Re Momolu V. S. Sirleaf, Jr. 2021-04-27 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions court-review due-process federal-courts immigration-law jurisdiction standing state-courts statutory-provisions Does the AE DPA rescedoraly ar veld Sodgmer C8) dis
20-1427 Levian dela Car Pacheco Pacheco, aka Levian D. Pacheco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law criminal-law deportation due-process immigration immigration-law sexual-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in interpreting the term 'pending deportation' in 18 U.S.C. §§ 2243(b), 2244(a)(4), 2246(5)(A) to include those awa…
20-7501 Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Arroyo-Hernandez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-1282 In Re Kaysha F. N. Dery 2021-03-17 Denied administrative-detention civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus immigration immigration-law indigenous-rights terrorism torture Is it constitutional to detain someone who is fleeing torture and terrorism?
20-7390 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence administrative-law constitutional-vagueness covid-19 covid-19-restrictions deportation due-process immigration immigration-law Whether the Supreme Court holding in Session v. Dimaya vacates administrative charges under the 'residual clause' of 18 U.S.C. §16(b)
20-7140 Cesar Raul Aceves v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure immigration immigration-law mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rehaif unlawful-reentry Whether the government must prove that a defendant charged with illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) knew he fell within the relevant status categ…
20-1010 Ded Rranxburgaj v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-01-27 Dismissed Amici (3) administrative-law agency-discretion immigration-law jurisdiction removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Do legal determinations antecedent to agencies' discretionary decisions to commence proceedings, adjudicate cases, or execute removal orders 'arise fr…
20-6955 Theresa Skillings v. City of New York, New York New York 2021-01-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act child-services civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law immigration-law social-services-law statutory-interpretation Whether the respondent's agency the Administration for Children's Services violated the petitioner's rights with regard to the Americans with Disabili…
20-979 Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-22 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) administrative-law citizenship citizenship-misrepresentation discretionary-relief due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration-law inadmissibility judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) preserves the jurisdiction of federal courts to review a nondiscretionary determination that a noncitizen is ineli…
20-962 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-21 Dismissed administrative-procedure administrative-rulemaking homeland-security immigration-law immigration-nationality-act inadmissibility notice-and-comment public-charge standing statutory-interpretation Whether entities that are not subject to the public-charge ground of inadmissibility are proper parties to challenge the final rule
20-967 Pedro Rodriguez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response Waived collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Rodriguez-Garcia because he was served a Notice to Appear that did not comply with federal law …
20-6857 Luis Pina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue removal orders, violating separation of powers and due process
20-6867 Noel Romero-Espinal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuing-offense criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether illegally reentering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. §1326 is a continuing offense
20-6752 Juan Tinoco-Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process immigration immigration-law judicial-advisement non-citizen non-citizen-rights padilla-v-kentucky post-conviction-relief removal-proceedings Does an immigration judge's failure to advise an immigrant in removal proceedings of their apparent eligibility to seek post-conviction relief under P…
20-6552 Ignacio Arreola-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
20-6541 Alejandro Pineda-Campuzano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-07 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
20-6539 Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-04 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law physical-force reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a statute has as an element the use of physical force against the person or property of another, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 16(a), when a con…
20-6462 Anastacio Castruita-Escobedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove Mr. Castruita-Escobedo because he was not served a notice to appear with a hearing time
20-6464 Benito Moreno-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Moreno because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-6362 Victor Manuel Avalos-Rivera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 circuit-split illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-order statutory-interpretation Whether an immigration court lacks jurisdiction to issue an order of removal that can later be used as a basis for an illegal reentry criminal convict…
20-584 Michael Wood, et ux. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response Waived conspiracy-charges conspiracy-to-commit-immigration-offenses constructive-amendment criminal-procedure first-amendment immigration-law prejudicial-variance statute-of-limitations yates-v-united-states Whether Defendants' conviction for conspiracy to commit immigration offenses is legally invalid pursuant to Yates v. United States, 354 U.S. 298 (1957…
20-6195 Erlin Josue Torres Zuniga v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-adjudication administrative-agency-adjudication civil-procedure collateral-estoppel criminal-defendant due-process immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement notice-to-appear removal-proceedings Whether and under what circumstances the government may invoke collateral-estoppel against-a-criminal-defendant based-on-a-prior-administrative-agency…
20-5995 Edwin Virgilio Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Gomez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-449 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-10-08 Granted Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-rulemaking homeland-security immigration-law immigration-nationality-act judicial-review notice-and-comment public-charge standing Whether entities that are not subject to the public-charge ground of inadmissibility are proper parties to challenge the final rule
20-450 Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-08 Dismissed Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure homeland-security immigration-law immigration-nationality-act inadmissibility notice-and-comment notice-and-comment-rulemaking public-charge standing statutory-interpretation Whether entities that are not subject to the public-charge ground of inadmissibility are proper parties to challenge the final rule
20-437 United States v. Refugio Palomar-Santiago Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-remedies criminal-law due-process fundamental-unfairness immigration-law judicial-review removal-order statutory-interpretation unlawful-reentry Whether a defendant automatically satisfies the prerequisites of 8 U.S.C. 1326(d) solely by showing that he was removed for a crime that would not be …
20-5925 Roberto Mendoza-Sanchez v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings service-of-process statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court has jurisdiction to remove a noncitizen where the removal proceedings were initiated by a notice to appear that did not …
20-5881 Jose Vincente Lira-Ramirez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process immigration immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect noncitizen-rights notice removal removal-proceedings unlawful-reentry Does the Due Process Clause permit a noncitizen to be convicted under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for unlawful reentry into the United States if the noncitizen wa…
20-5720 Martin Garcia-Moreno v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense immigration-law jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing-factors sixth-amendment Should the Court finally overrule Almendarez-Torres?
20-315 Jose Santos Sanchez, et ux. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-10 Judgment Issued Amici (12) 8-usc-1254a 8-usc-1255 administrative-law circuit-split immigration-law legal-status noncitizen-rights statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status Whether, under 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(f)(4), a grant of Temporary Protected Status authorizes eligible noncitizens to obtain status under 8 US.C. § 1255
20-5654 Aaron Jose Acuna-Duenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law judicial-jurisdiction pereira-precedent pereira-v-sessions removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation-of-powers and due-process
20-5268 Luis Fernando Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Ramirez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
20-5076 Jorge Aaron Ceja-Valdez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 california-penal-code categorical-approach criminal-law deportation-grounds immigration-law statutory-interpretation theft-offense Does a conviction under California Penal Code § 211 categorically qualify as a generic 'theft' offense for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G)?
20-5052 Jeremy E. Lewis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts board-of-immigration-appeals civil-rights due-process frivolous-filings habeas-corpus immigration-law ineffective-assistance judicial-review motion-to-reopen standing statutory-interpretation Whether Lewis has a constitutional right to petition the courts under the double precedent of 'California Motor Transp. v. Trucking Unlimited, 404 U.S…
19-1471 Jessica Lynn Tkacz v. Daniel G. Bogden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response Waived 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 Is the deferential 'substantial evidence' standard employed by federal courts to review decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals fundamentally in…
19-8733 Petrona Gaspar-Miguel v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied IFP border-crossing criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process immigration-law law-enforcement-surveillance official-restraint statutory-interpretation Whether constant surveillance by a law enforcement agent is 'official restraint' that prevents an 'entry' and thus a conviction for 'entry without ins…
19-8661 Justo Jonah Santos v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause criminal-prosecution immigration immigration-law naturalization sixth-amendment testimonial testimonial-evidence Whether the immigration officer's handwritten notes and checkmarks on a naturalization application are 'testimonial' and subject to the Sixth Amendmen…
19-8583 Joseph Emanuel Hechavarria v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process immigration immigration-law physical-force removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether an offense that can be committed by omission rather than affirmative act necessarily entails the 'use' of force within the meaning of 18 U.S.C…
19-8510 Juan Carlos Garcia Torres v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction noncitizen notice-to-appear removal-proceedings Whether an immigration court has jurisdiction to commence removal proceedings against a noncitizen if the 'notice to appear' at the removal hearing fa…
19-8431 Ciro Cruz-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Cruz because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-1212 Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Innovation Law Lab, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-14 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-authority border-policy due-process immigration-law non-refoulement notice-and-comment preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation Whether MPP is a lawful implementation of the statutory authority conferred by 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C)
19-8169 Jorge Madero-Gil v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation-of-powers and due-process
19-8107 Raul Guzman-Ibarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-26 Denied IFP administrative-law aggravated-felony circuit-split due-process immigration-law immigration-proceedings judicial-review retroactivity statutory-interpretation Does the provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) that expanded the definition of 'aggravated felony' app…
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
19-1156 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Cesar Alcaraz-Enriquez Ninth Circuit 2020-03-20 Judgment Issued administrative-adjudication administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review credibility credibility-determination due-process immigration-law judicial-review standard-of-review withholding-of-removal Whether a court of appeals may conclusively presume an applicant's testimony is credible and true whenever an immigration judge or the Board of Immigr…
19-7996 Milton Mayorga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-authority immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Mayorga because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-7830 Pablo Antonio Pantaleon-Aviles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure deportation deportation-warrant evidence illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sixth-amendment Whether a warrant of deportation admitted to prove an essential element of the offense of illegal reentry is subject to confrontation under the Sixth …
19-7842 Manetirony Clervrain v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-ambiguity administrative-law alien-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process immigration immigration-law plra standing statutory-interpretation trade-secret Whether agency expertise could be applied to threshold questions accompanying a constitutional claim against a federal statute
19-7753 Juan Ramon Pineda-Fernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove Mr. Pineda because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time
19-7718 Denny Reyes v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2a 8-usc-1324a aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent immigration-law mens-rea recklessness rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the intent element of 18 U.S.C. § 2(a) can, consistent with this Court's decision in Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014), be satisfi…
19-975 Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2020-02-04 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law border-wall constitutional-challenge homeland-security immigration-law immigration-reform non-delegation-doctrine Presentment-Clause separation-of-powers Whether ITRIRA § 102(c) violates the separation-of-powers, the non-delegation-doctrine, and the Presentment-Clause
19-7410 Victor Manuel Mora-Galindo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear procedural-due-process removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove the petitioner because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time
19-896 Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Antonio Arteaga-Martinez Third Circuit 2020-01-21 Judgment Issued Relisted (3) administrative-law bond-hearing clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process flight-risk immigration-detention immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether an alien who is detained under 8 U.S.C. 1231 is entitled by statute, after six months of detention, to a bond hearing at which the government …
19-897 Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Maria Angelica Guzman Chavez, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-21 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (2) 8-usc-1226 8-usc-1231 administrative-law detention immigration-detention immigration-law immigration-procedure removal-order statutory-interpretation withholding-of-removal withholding-removal Whether the detention of an alien who is subject to a reinstated removal order and who is pursuing withholding or deferral of removal is governed by 8…
19-7052 Jose Alexander Callejas Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation-of-powers and due-process
19-7008 Abraham Hernandez-Zavala v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis Criminal-Conviction criminal-procedure custody custody-status deportation deportation-supervised-release due-process Habeas-Corpus immigration immigration-law supervised-release writ-of-error-coram-nobis Whether deportation automatically ends an immigrant's imposed supervised release?
19-6908 Margarito Olvera-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-6886 Sean M. Donahue v. Superior Court of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-infirmity coram-nobis equal-rights federal-preemption foreign-policy immigration-law post-conviction-relief Does Commonwealth v. Descardes, 136 A.3d 493 (Pa. 2016) violate federal preemption in foreign policy and immigration law?
19-645 Arizona v. Hector Sebastion Nunez-Diaz Arizona 2019-11-19 Denied Amici (1) criminal-procedure deportation immigration immigration-law lee-v-united-states legal-prejudice padilla-claim padilla-v-kentucky prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington unauthorized-alien Whether unauthorized aliens can establish Strickland prejudice for Padilla/Lee claims
19-638 N. B. D. v. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Kentucky 2019-11-18 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) best-interests deportation federal-law homeland-security immigration immigration-law juvenile-protection predicate-findings special-immigrant-juvenile special-immigrant-juvenile-status state-court-jurisdiction state-courts Whether federal law requires state courts of competent jurisdiction to make predicate findings for special-immigrant-juvenile-status determinations up…
19-6588 Carlos Javier Pedroza-Rocha v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP administrative-remedies collateral-attack due-process hearing-time illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-court-authority immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Pedroza because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-6397 Jose Gomez-Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law statutory-interpretation theft-offense Did the court of appeals err in holding that robbery in violation of D.C. Code § 22-2801 categorically qualifies as an aggravated felony theft offense…
19-6402 Omar Villarreal Silva v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-prejudice collateral-attack criminal-procedure customs-and-border-protection deportation due-process immigration immigration-law prejudice removal-proceedings Must a defendant show actual prejudice to collaterally attack a removal order?
19-532 United States v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (14) anti-commandeering civil-rights federal-law federal-preemption immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law information-sharing intergovernmental-immunity preemption sb-54 state-enforcement state-law Whether provisions of California law that prohibit state law-enforcement officials from providing federal immigration authorities with release dates a…
19-6353 Bekir Buluc, aka Celebi Buluc, aka Bekir Celibi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-penalties deportation due-process immigration immigration-law residual-clause rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the general, residual phrase 'takes any other action' in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in th…
19-6334 Ignacio Arellano-Banuelos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction illegal-entry immigration-law jurisdiction removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether an alien may be 'found' within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. §1326 before immigration authorities achieve actual knowledge of his or her actual pres…
19-491 Nilesh Bharatkumar Kumar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure hill-v-lockhart immigration-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-resident plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether a noncitizen defendant with legal resident status and extended familial and property ties to the United States must prove that a superior alte…
19-6297 Aleisha O. Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-transportation conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence immigration immigration-law obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence Is there insufficient evidence to warrant a finding of guilty for conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens and for transporting undocumented aliens…
19-438 Clemente Avelino Pereida v. Robert M. Wilkinson, Acting Attorney General Eighth Circuit 2019-10-02 Judgment Issued Amici (5) ambiguous-record burden-of-proof categorical-approach circuit-split conviction-record federal-offense immigration-law modified-categorical-approach noncitizen-status removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal conviction bars a noncitizen from applying for relief from removal when the record of conviction is merely ambiguous as to whether …
19-415 Oscar Ernesto Melendez v. Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response Waived 8-usc-1255 adjustment-of-status circuit-court-split circuit-split immigration-law lawful-admission national-importance statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status Whether Temporary Protected Status constitutes an admission for purposes of adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a)
19-6055 Edwin Ricardo Flores v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-felony chevron-deference circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto immigration immigration-law separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation theft-offense Does a 'theft offense (including receipt of stolen property)' under §1101(a)(43)(G) require a taking of property without consent?
19-6025 Javier Segovia-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-24 GVR Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing force force-against-person immigration-law mens-rea mental-state reckless-conduct reckless-mental-state recklessness statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5835 Josue Martinez-Hernandez and Oscar Carcamo-Soto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 california-penal-code categorical-approach criminal-law deportation-grounds immigration-law statutory-interpretation theft-offense Does a conviction under California Penal Code § 211 categorically qualify as a generic 'theft' offense for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(48)(G)?
19-294 Usama Jamil Hamama, et al. v. Rebecca Adducci, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Relisted (2) country-conditions deportation detention due-process ethnic-minorities immigration-court immigration-law removal-orders removal-proceedings suspension-clause torture torture-convention torture-protection Whether section 1252(g) is unconstitutional under the Suspension Clause as applied to Petitioners
19-5763 Jose Lara-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-30 GVR Relisted (4)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5571 Carlos Eloy Garcia-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law deportation due-process federal-criminal-law illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether an alien may be 'found' within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. §1326 before immigration authorities achieve actual knowledge of his or her actual pres…
19-161 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam Ninth Circuit 2019-08-05 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2) administrative-law constitutional-challenge due-process expedited-removal habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review suspension-clause Whether Section 1252(e)(2) is unconstitutional under the Suspension Clause as applied to respondent
19-5325 Alan Victor Gomez Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure force-element immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state sentencing sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-67 United States v. Evelyn Sineneng-Smith Ninth Circuit 2019-07-12 Judgment Issued Amici (11) civil-rights commercial-activity constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute facial-challenge financial-gain first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in vi…
19-28 Kenneth Daniels v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Relisted (2) aggravated-felony armed-career-criminal-act attempt controlled-substances-act criminal-attempt drug-distribution immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law solicitation uniform-administration Whether solicitation can by itself constitute an 'attempt' within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act
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?
18A1337 Usama Jamil Hamama, et al. v. Rebecca Adducci, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete convention-against-torture due-process habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-jurisdiction removal-proceedings Whether 8 U.S.C. §1252(g) and §1252(f)(1) unconstitutionally divest federal courts of jurisdiction to provide class-wide injunctive relief for immigra…
18-9618 Rafael Mata-Jimenez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguous-record burden-of-proof categorical-approach deportation immigration-law modified-categorical-approach noncitizen-status record-of-conviction relief-from-removal removal-proceedings Whether a criminal conviction bars a noncitizen from applying for relief from removal when the record of conviction is merely ambiguous as to whether …
18-1517 Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedures-act civil-rights first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law material-support national-security overbreadth political-advocacy standing terrorism tier-iii-terrorist-organization Whether independent, non-violent political advocacy constitutes material support for terrorism under the Immigration and Nationality Act
18-9490 Daniel George Brown v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment criminal-prosecution deportation illegal-reentry immigration-law right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether an alien's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated in a criminal prosecution for illegal reentry following deportation, where the United …
18-1469 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Casa de Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-discretion deferred-action dhs-policy executive-discretion immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review policy-rescission standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-1432 Nidal Khalid Nasrallah v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-15 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-review asylum deportation due-process immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation torture-convention withholding-of-removal Whether, notwithstanding Section 1252(a)(2)(C), the courts of appeals possess jurisdiction to review factual findings underlying denials of withholdin…
18-8795 Luis Alberto Armendariz-Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-law removal testimonial testimonial-evidence warrant warrant-of-removal Whether an immigration officer's warrant of removal is testimonial for purposes of the Confrontation Clause?
18-7550 Marbin Rene Reyes-Ruiz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law court-of-appeals due-process due-process,civil-procedure,standing,immigration,r error-correction fundamental-fairness immigration-law immigration-status judicial-review legal-error procedural-due-process removal-proceedings unlawful-status Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the entry of a prior administrative-removal order against the petitioner was not fundamentally unfair,…
18-7306 Michael Martin Steele v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-mental-state due-process immigration immigration-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation strict-liability united-states-v-x-citement-video Did the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits misconstrue the mens-rea requirements of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B), when they created an aggravated felony for 'ql…
18-846 David Allen Anderton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech immigration-law overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether to 'encourage' or 'induce' an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States in reckless disregard of the alien's 'in violation of la…
18-7103 Rene Garcia-Montejo, aka Bibian Garcia-Montejo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process found-in-doctrine illegal-entry immigration-authorities immigration-law official-restraint official-restraint-doctrine statutory-interpretation surveillance Whether the 'official restraint' doctrine precludes the possibility that a defendant can be illegally 'found in' the United States, for purposes of Ti…
18-776 Pedro Pablo Guerrero-Lasprilla v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) agency-decision criminal-alien-bar diligence-standard due-process equitable-tolling immigration-law judicial-review removability statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation Whether the application of a legal standard to an undisputed set of facts is a question of law, or a pure question of fact that may be barred from jud…
18-731 Stefany Vega Duron, a Minor, et al. v. Ron Johnson, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-remedy constitutional-rights fifth-amendment first-amendment iirira immigration immigration-law judicial-review selective-prosecution Is there an administrative remedy in the immigration courts to decide American citizens' claims of a violation of their First and Fifth Amendment cons…
18-587 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-05 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (5) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca department-of-homeland-security-dhs dhs-policy due-process equal-protection executive-power immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-589 Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Martin Jonathan Batalla Vidal, et al. Second Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Relisted (5) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-discretion daca-policy deferred-action due-process executive-action executive-power homeland-security immigration immigration-law judicial-review separation-of-powers standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
18-6342 Jaime Rene Lopez-Vaal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit-review sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether Section 1326(b) is unconstitutionally vague
18-6322 Gabino Medina Osorio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 criminal-law due-process illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Can a statute that this Court has held to be unconstitutionally void for vagueness nevertheless still be applied when incorporated by reference into t…
18-6187 Antonio Martinez-Lopez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1425 acquisition-of-citizenship citizenship-application criminal-statute false-statement immigration-law judicial-interpretation maslenjak-v-us naturalization naturalization-fraud revocation-of-citizenship Did the appeals court err in affirming petitioner's conviction for unlawful procurement of naturalization
18-6205 Eliseo Guevara-Guevara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule alleyne-v-united-states almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-punishment immigration-law indictment judicial-precedent prior-conviction sentencing Whether a prior conviction must be alleged in the indictment before a defendant is subjected to enhanced punishment under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)
18-5835 Juan Fernando Lizarraga-Leyva v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony controlled-substance deportation drug-trafficking drug-trafficking-crime illicit-trafficking immigration-law immigration-nationality-act mens-rea state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a state drug-trafficking conviction with no mens rea element or a mens rea element different than federal law constitutes the 'aggravated felo…
18-5706 Hugo Islas-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-cfr-100.4 8-cfr-100.4(a) 8-usc-1325 8-usc-1325(a)(1) administrative-law administrative-regulation entry federal-code geographic-designation immigration immigration-law port-of-entry statutory-interpretation Whether immigration officials designate[d]' geographic areas or physical port facilities for 'entry' in 8 C.F.R. § 100.4(a) for purposes of 8 U.S.C. §…
18-5684 Alejandro Verduzco-Rangel v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony controlled-substance deportation drug-trafficking immigration-law immigration-nationality-act mens-rea statutory-interpretation whether a state drug-trafficking crime with no mens rea element or a mens rea element different than federal law constitutes the 'aggravated felony' o…
18-5423 Seungjin Kim v. United States Customs and Border Protection District of Columbia 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP asylum asylum-seekers border-entry constitutional-law criminal-activity detention detention-conditions due-process equal-protection immigration-detention immigration-law presidential-authority presidential-powers visa-restrictions Whether inadmissible asylum-seekers who are victims of qualifying criminal activity involving U.S. citizens can be lawfully detained or denied entry u…
18-5322 Santiago Hum Rodriguez-Aparicio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP criminal-procedure discretionary-relief due-process fundamental-fairness illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law mendoza-lopez removal-order removal-proceeding uniformity Whether the failure to inform an alien of his eligibility for discretionary relief in a removal proceeding is a due process violation that can make th…
18-5204 Jose Luis Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process enhancement evidence fact-finding immigration immigration-law judicial-error sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation undocumented-aliens Whether the lower court erred in applying the enhancement under section 2L1.1(b)(2)(B) for transporting aliens
18-5170 Ijaz Khan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-determination citizenship-and-naturalization-fraud citizenship-status due-process evidence evidence-standard fraud immigration immigration-law jurisdiction legal-review marriage naturalization naturalization-fraud standing statutory-interpretation Whether there was evidence presented at trial that petitioner was lawfully married to Shabana before he became naturalized?
18-5190 Marco Antonio Garcia-Echaverria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-rights deportation discretionary-relief due-process immigration-law removal-proceedings right-to-counsel Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit—that a non-citizen has no constitutional right to be informed of the …
18-5191 Jose Paniagua-Paniagua v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied IFP circuit-split collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-convictions due-process fundamental-fairness immigration-law removal-order removal-proceedings retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether a court reviewing the fundamental fairness of a prior removal order under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d) can consider the current understanding of the nat…
18-5173 Wilberth Medina Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure deportation due-process evidence-law hearsay immigration immigration-law sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence testimonial-hearsay Whether an immigration officer's formalized statements relating the fact of an alien's removal constitute testimonial hearsay for the purposes of anal…
18-5036 Jerome Aristedes Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law general-intent illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether attempted illegal reentry is a specific-intent crime or a general-intent crime