Ep. 155 - Precedential Decisions from 4/10/2023 - 4/16/2023 (credibility; corroboration; immaterial inconsistency; U Visa waivers; discretion & jurisdiction; adjustment of status; bonafide marriage; expunged arrests & police reports; Ron DeSantis)

Malets v. Garland, No. 19-4216 (2d Cir. Apr. 14, 2023)

• credibility; Matter of Y-I-M-; corroboration; Zombie Precedent; remand despite deference; omissions; fraudulent passports and asylum; trivial inconsistency; immaterial inconsistency; IJ characterization of inconsistency; live testimony; Ukraine

Mejia Vega v. USCIS, et al., No. 16-56795 (9th Cir. Apr. 14, 2023)

• U visa waivers; federal court jurisdiction; INA § 242(a)(2)(B)(ii); discretionary determinations; INA § 212(d)(3)(A)(ii); Kucana; FRCP 12(b)(1); Matter of Hranka

Doyduk v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 21-3333 (3d Cir. Apr. 14, 2023)

• expungement; discretion; 18 Pa. C.S. § 9122(a)(1); legal challenge; Patel; discretion; adjustment of status; Matter of Arreguin; arrest reports; use of the word “the”

Alzaben v. Garland, No. 22-1561 (1st Cir. Apr. 14, 2023)

• conditional LPR; waiver of joint filing requirement; bonafide marriage; Patel; discretion; mixed question of law and fact; infidelity 

City of South Miami v. Florida Immigrant Coalition, Inc., et al., No. 21-13657 (11th Cir. Apr. 13, 2023)

• organizational standing; Ron DeSantis immigration policies; concrete injury

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