Immigration Review Ep. 310 - Precedential Decisions: 3/30/2026 - 04/5/2026 (I-864 lawsuit; equitable tolling & stateless people; reinstatement; drug trafficking; medical and psychological hardship; VAWA cancellation; notice of appeal specificity; I-601A; fake cases)
Circuit round up (extra cases)!
- NOID sent to wrong address; I-864 lawsuit; diversity visa lawsuit
Eskilian v. Bondi, No. 20-72157 (9th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026)
- due diligence for stateless people; no Lozada where ineffective assistance of counsel plain; Cal. Pen. Code § 1473.7 vacatur; equitable tolling of time and number bar; Soviet Armenia
Verduzco Ruiz v. Bondi, No. 18-71787 (9th Cir. Apr. 1, 2026)
- reinstatement; right to counsel; due process; prejudice; IIRIRA retroactivity
United States v. Casildo, No. 23-35483 (9th Cir. Mar. 31, 2026)
- sale of controlled substances in violation of Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.321(1)(a); indivisibility; sentence enhancement; INA § 101(a)(43)(B); drug trafficking aggravated felony
Matter of Valenzuela Gallardo, 29 I&N Dec. 536 (BIA 2026)
- aggravated felony relating to obstruction of justice; INA § 101(a)(43)(S); Cal. Penal Code § 32; Pugin; mens rea and related statutes; specific intent; relating to; actus reas; misprison of a felony
Matter of Pelagio Mendoza, 29 I&N Dec. 542 (BIA 2026)
- medical and psychological hardship; evidentiary burdens; HIPPA regulations; considering immigration status of other parent; need for expert evidence
Cardenas v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 25-1522 (3d Cir. Mar. 31, 2026)
- VAWA cancellation of removal; immigration status of the abuser; statutory interpretation; “is or was”; Matt of L-L-P-; present tense; present perfect tense; exceptional and extremely unusual hardship
Quijano-Duran v. Bondi, No. 24-2457 (8th Cir. Apr. 2, 2026)
- notice of appeal requirements before the BIA; due process; judicial bias; DHS enforcement priority
Dec v. Mullin, No. 25-2417 (7th Cir. Mar. 30, 2026)
- jurisdiction; I-601A; satisfaction of the Attorney General; INA § 212(a)(9)(B)(v); ChatGPT; fake case citation
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