Ep. 264 - Precedential Decisions from 5/12/2025 - 5/18/2025 (email notifications; government nexus - asylum and CAT; mandatory detention; alien arriving; applicant for admission; motion to remand; prima facie case for relief; competency; mental health)

Matter of F-B-G-M- & J-E-M-G-, 29 I&N Dec. 52 (BIA 2025)

• rebuttable presumption that email notifications sent via ECAS reach their recipient; equitable tolling of briefing deadlines

Matter of M-S-I-, 29 I&N Dec. 61 (BIA 2025)

• unable or unwilling to protect; acquiesce; generalized corruption; failure to report harm; Maoists; Nepal

Matter of Q. Li, 29 I&N Dec. 66 (BIA 2025)

• mandatory detention; alien arriving; applicant for admission; parole; INA § 235(b)(2)(A)

Soto Santos v. Bondi, No. 24-1733 (8th Cir. May 12, 2025)

• motion to remand; prima facie case for relief; hardship showing; enforcement priorities 

Mohamed v. Bondi, No. 23-2556 (8th Cir. May 12, 2025)

• competency; mental health; fundamental procedural error; INA § 242(a)(2)(C)

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Chapters

• 4:49 Matter of F-B-G-M- & J-E-M-G- (BIA 2025)
• 12:42 Matter of M-S-I- (BIA 2025)
• 16:43 Matter of Q. Li (BIA 2025)
• 26:56 Soto Santos v. Bondi (8th Cir. May 12, 2025)
• 29:35 Mohamed v. Bondi (8th Cir. May 12, 2025)