Ep. 121 - Precedential Decisions from 8/15/2022 - 8/21/2022 (obstruction of justice; vacated convictions; burglary; receipt of stolen property; particularly serious crime; child abuse; deficient NTAs; no notice MTRs)

Immigration Review

Cordero-Garcia v. Garland, No. 19-72779 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2022)

• INA § 101(a)(43)(S), obstruction of justice; Valenzuela Gallardo; Cal. Pen. Code § 136.1(b)(1); Matter of Cordero-Garcia; realistic probability; Zombie alert!

Ballinas-Lucero v. Garland, No. 17-73260 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2022)

• vacated convictions; Cal. Pen. Code § 1018; cancellation; Pereida; burdens; Thomas and Thompson

Matter of V-A-K-, 28 I&N Dec. 630 (BIA 2022)

• N.Y. Pen. Law §§ 110.00 and 140.25(2); attempted burglary; INA §§ 101(a)(43)(U), (G); dwelling; overnight accommodation; violence; Sitt; Quarles

Garcia Sarmiento v. Garland, No. 20-1679 (1st Cir. Aug. 17, 2022)

• reinstatement; withholding only proceedings; motion to reopen; time deadlines; jurisdiction; Honduras

Tantchev v. Garland, No. 22-0195 (6th Cir. Aug. 19, 2022)

• receipt of stolen property aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); exporting stolen vehicles; 18 U.S.C. § 553; Matter of Daeng; willful blindness; reason to believe; knowledge

Dor v. Garland, No. 20-1694 (1st Cir. Aug. 19, 2022)

• particularly serious crime; BIA’s failure to conduct analysis; Frentescu; criminal-alien bar; exhaustion; small amount of marijuana

Al-Masaudi v. Garland, No. 21-2166 (8th Cir. Aug. 15, 2022)

• crime of child abuse; INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(i); Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-707(1); Velazquez-Herrera; particularly serious crime; harm to persons; CAT deferral; criminal deportees; Iraq

Estrada-Cardona v. Garland, No. 21-9562 (10th Cir. Aug. 17, 2022)

• in absentia motion to reopen; deficient NTA; statutory interpretation; sua sponte; equitable tolling; physical removal; reasoned decision making

Dragomirescu v. U.S. Att'y Gen., No. 20-13705 (11th Cir. Aug. 16, 2022)

• in absentia motion to reopen; no notice; failure to update address; Matter of M-R-A-; presumptions; affidavits; deficient NTA

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