Ep. 251 - Precedential Decisions from 2/10/2025 - 2/16/2025 (past persecution - Roma; disfavored group; firearms offense; CIMT & Loper Bright; continuance & diligence; drugs; sua sponte reopening; DV asylum; inadequate medical care)

Lapadat, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-1745 (9th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

• past persecution; being shot; attempted kidnapping; death & rape threats; IJ mischaracterizing testimony; Roma; “gypsies”; pernicious maltreatment; no requirement for lasting injuries; disfavored group analysis for well founded fear; relevance of EU policy

Perez-Perez, et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-4240 (9th Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)

• FRAP 15(a)(2)(A); listing names of petitioners in case caption

Murillo-Chavez v. Bondi, No. 23-1997 (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2025)

• firearms offense; INA § 237(a)(2)(C); antique firearms exception; divisibility; O.R.S. § 166.250; admitted in any status for LPR cancellation; stop-time rule; SIJ status; Supreme Court effectively overruling precedent; criminal mistreatment in violation of O.R.S. § 163.205; CIMT definition & analysis post-Loper Bright

Ikome v. Bondi, No. 22-60606 (5th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

• continuance; motion to remand; Patel &Wilkinson; jurisdiction to consider adjustment of status continuance; motion to remand where I-130 approved; due diligence  

Porter v. Bondi, No. 24-3125 (6th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)

• possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-248; no need for renumeration; CSA felony; methamphetamine isomers; drug divisibility

Sanches Alves v. Bondi, No. 24-1258 (1st Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)

• domestic violence-type asylum claim; nexus; personal dispute

Phimmady v. Bondi, No. 24-1330 (1st Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)

• sua sponte motion to reopen due to vacated conviction; BIA settled course of adjudication; using unpublished BIA decisions; diligence

Ferchichi v. Bondi, No. 23-1123 (8th Cir. Feb. 14, 2025)

• inadequate medical care; nexus; spina bifida; mixed motive; future persecution; Algeria

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Chapters

• 3:35 Lapadat, et al. v. Bondi (9th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)
• 15:16 Perez-Perez, et al. v. Bondi (9th Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)
• 18:51 Murillo-Chavez v. Bondi (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2025)
• 33:50 Ikome v. Bondi (5th Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)
• 42:51 Porter v. Bondi (6th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)
• 49:42 Sanches Alves v. Bondi (1st Cir. Feb. 12, 2025)
• 51:46 Phimmady v. Bondi (1st Cir. Feb. 10, 2025)
• 1:01:01 Ferchichi v. Bondi (8th Cir. Feb. 14, 2025)