Ukpabi v. Mukasey, ___ F.3d ___ (6th Cir. May 13, 2008) (court of appeal has jurisdiction to review IJ's denial of continuance of removal proceedings under abuse of discretion standard, and reaching claims of violation of international law and due process).

Mendez v. Mukasey, 525 F.3d 216 (2d Cir. May 12, 2008) (petition for review of a denial of cancellation of removal, presenting question whether petitioner demonstrated exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to his US citizen children, is dismissed where hardship determination is discretionary).

S.2739 became Public Law No. 110-229 on May 8, 2008, the
immigration related provisions are excerpted here.
http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/news/2008,0514-cnmi.shtm

Mendez-Mendez v. Mukasey, 525 F.3d 828 (9th Cir. May 8, 2008) (because statutory maximum term of imprisonment for bribery conviction was fifteen years, petty offense exception does not apply; plain language of INA 212(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) indicates that "maximum penalty possible refers to statutory maximum, not the maximum guideline sentence to which noncitizen was exposed).

Garcia-Aguillon v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 848 (8th Cir. May 5, 2008) (noncitizens do not have constitutionally protected right to discretionary relief; noncitizen therefore failed to state colorable claim for voluntary departure).

Lenis v. US Atty. Gen., 525 F.3d 1291 (11th Cir. May 5, 2008) (court lacks jurisdiction to review BIA denial of sua sponte reopening).

Matter of Velazquez-Herrera, 24 I. & N. Dec. 503, ___ (BIA May 20, 2008) ("We are mindful of the fact that the respondent entered his plea to a charge that clearly identified his victim as a child. The language of that charge may well have been significant because the Supreme Court has explained that "the details of a generically limited charging document" are generally sufficient "in any sort of case" to establish "whether the plea had necessarily rested on the fact identifying the [offense] as generic." Shepard v. United States, supra, at 21.

Matter of Velazquez-Herrera, 24 I. & N. Dec. 503, ___ (BIA May 20, 2008) (Pauley, Boardmember, concurring) ("Indeed, it appears that crimes of child neglect or abandonment are a subset of "child abuse" and, although technically redundant, were likely inserted by Congress to assure coverage of such crimes, however denominated by the State. See Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 128 S. Ct.

United States v. Rodriquez, 553 U.S. ___ (May 19, 2008) (for purposes of considering whether a state drug-trafficking offense, for which a ten-year recidivism-based sentence was imposed, qualifies as a predicate offense under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. 924(e)), the federal sentencing court must consider the recidivist sentence enhancement in determining the sentence imposed), disagreeing with United States v. Corona-Sanchez, 291 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir.

Matter of Velazquez-Herrera, 24 I. & N. Dec. 503, ___ (BIA May 20, 2008) (Washington restitution order, contained in judgment, indicating that the respondent owed no restitution to his "child victim" did not "constitute clear and convincing evidence that the respondent was convicted of abusing a child. Specifically, in Washington the facts upon which a restitution award may be based need only have been proven to the judge by a preponderance of the evidence. State v. Dennis, 6 P.3d 1173, 1175 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000).