Ep. 244 - Precedential Decisions from 12/23/2024 - 12/29/2024 (prior adverse credibility & reopening; stolen property aggravated felony; VAWA & hardship reopening; well-founded fear & Brazil; definition of exceptional & extremely unusual hardship)

Singh v. Garland, No. 23-2065 (9th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)

• prior adverse credibility & motion to reopen; disregarding affidavits; corroborating evidence; falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus; Mann party; Sikh; Badal Party

Chmukh v. Garland, No. 21-1096 (9th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024)

• RCW § 69.50.4013; possession of stolen property aggravated felony; INA § 101(a)(43)(G); particularly serious crime; aggravated felony satisfying N-A-M- first step; dangerousness; issue exhaustion; Ukraine

Magana-Magana v. Garland, No. 23-1887 (9th Cir. Dec. 26, 2024)

• VAWA motion to reopen; jurisdiction; mixed question of law and fact; extraordinary circumstances or extreme hardship to children; exhaustion; sua sponte

Rodrigues v. Garland, No. 23-1776 (1st Cir. Dec. 27, 2024)

• well-founded fear; objective reasonableness; drug dealers in Brazil; political opinion opposition to powerful family

Chacon-Ruiz v. Garland, No. 21-3694 (8th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)

• motion to reopen for exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; motion to reconsider; children in foster care

Mateo-Mateo v. Garland, No. 23-2694 (7th Cir. Dec. 24, 2024)

• family-related violence-type asylum; harm by family member

Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland, No. 24-0274 (6th Cir. Dec. 23, 2024)

• legal definition of exceptional and extremely unusual hardship; agency deference post-Loper Bright; star decisis post-Loper Bright; rare hardship

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