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JUDICIAL REVIEW - PETITION FOR REVIEW - CONTINUANCE - ABUSE OF DISCRETION TO DENY CONTINUANCE

Cui v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1289 (9th Cir. Aug. 19, 2008) (IJ abused discretion in refusing to grant continuance to allow respondent to resubmit fingerprints for background security check).

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

DIVISIBLE STATUTE - CONJUNCTIVE CHARGES

United States v. Torres-Romero, 537 F.3d 1155, 2008 WL 3843344 (10th Cir. Aug. 19, 2008) (looking to law of the state of conviction to determine whether conjunctive charge means that the defendant has admitted all of the conjunctive elements), agreeing with United States v. Morales-Martinez, 496 F.3d 356, 359 (5th Cir.2007).

jurisdiction: 
Tenth Circuit

MOTION TO REOPEN

Doissaint v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1167 (9th Cir. Aug. 18, 2008) (BIA cannot cure legal error in denial of petitioners motion to reopen, since motions to reopen are only for consideration of new evidence; to cure error BIA should have reconsidered original claim on the merits).

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE - INTENT TO CAUSE INJURY - NORMAL PREGNANCY FALLS WITHIN MEANING OF GREAT BODILY INJURY

People v. Cross, 45 Cal.4th 58, 190 P.3d 706 (Aug. 28, 2008)(great bodily injury enhancement of sentence for committing a lewd act on a child under the age of 14, affirmed where pregnancy without medical complications is sufficient to find great bodily injury).

jurisdiction: 
Fourth Circuit

RELIEF - INA 212(d)(3) WAIVER - NO RETROACTIVE WAIVER

Borrego v. Mukasey, 539 F.3d 689, 2008 WL 3892137 (7th Cir. Aug. 25, 2008) (noncitizen who fraudulently received visitors visa, then married a USC, could not retroactively apply for a nonimmigrant wavier of inadmissibility under INA 212(d)(3), and thus become eligible to adjust status pursuant to marriage), following Matter of Fueyo, 20 I & N Dec. 84 (BIA 1989).

jurisdiction: 
Seventh Circuit

JUDICIAL REVIEW - PETITION FOR REVIEW - CLAIM THAT BIA IGNORED EVIDENCE IS SUBJECT TO PETITION FOR REVIEW JURISDICTION

Iglesias v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 528, 2008 WL 3877302 (7th Cir. Aug. 22, 2008) (petitioners allegation that BIA ignored evidence of marriage to U.S. citizen was an allegation of error subject to judicial review).

jurisdiction: 
Seventh Circuit

JUDICIAL REVIEW - EXPEDITED REMOVAL ORDER

De Rincon v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 539 F.3d 1133, 2008 WL 3863863 (9th Cir. Aug. 21, 2008) (circuit court lacked jurisdiction to hear collateral attack on reinstated expedited removal order; district court lacked jurisdiction to consider habeas petition challenging expedited removal order).

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

JUDICIAL REVIEW - DEFERENCE TO UNPUBLISHED DECISION

Godinez-Arroyo v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 848, 2008 WL 3927229 (8th Cir. Aug. 28, 2008) ("Even if Chevron deference is inappropriate, however, the BIA opinion would nevertheless be eligible for a lesser form of deference under Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134, 65 S.Ct. 161, 89 L.Ed. 124 (1944). See Mead Corp., 533 U.S. at 234, 121 S.Ct. 2164 (noting that "Chevron did nothing to eliminate Skidmore's holding that an agency's interpretation may merit some deference whatever its form, given the specialized experience and broader investigations and information available to the agency ...

jurisdiction: 
Eighth Circuit

DETENTION - MANDATORY DETENTION - RELEASE FROM CRIMINAL CUSTODY ON DISMISSED CASE SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER MANDATORY DETENTION

Matter of Saysana, 24 I. & N. Dec. 602 (BIA Aug. 27, 2008) (a noncitizen otherwise subject to mandatory detention under INA 236(c)(1), 8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1), but for having been released from custody prior to October, 1998, will be considered to fall within INA 236(c) if s/he is again subject to lawful non-DHS custody for any reason, regardless of whether the purpose for the detention is unrelated to the offense that triggers mandatory detention), overturned by Saysana v. Gillen, 2008 WL 5484553 (D. Mass, Dec. 1, 2008), following Thomas v. Hogan, 2008 WL 4793739 (M.D.Pa. Oct.31, 2008).

jurisdiction: 
BIA

CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE - ASSAULT - RECKLESS

Godinez-Arroyo v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 848, 2008 WL 3927229 (8th Cir. Aug. 28, 2008) (Missouri conviction for second degree assault, recklessly causing serious physical injury, in violation of V.A.M.S. 565.060(3), is a crime of moral turpitude; Missouri law defines recklessness as a "conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk").

jurisdiction: 
Eighth Circuit

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