Ep. 283 - Precedential Decisions from 9/22/2025 - 9/28/2025 (late filed BIA brief; past persecution; unfulfilled threats; discretion; CAT & ECHR report; fentanyl isomers; bond & dangerousness; imputed particular social group; in absentia)

Lopez-Gomez v. Bondi, No. 24-1921 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)

• motion to accept late-filed brief; inadvertently filing BIA brief on immigration court rather than BIA ECAS docket; BIA failure to explain itself; reasoned decision

Zapet-Alvarado v. Bondi, No. 24-1782 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)

• past persecution; unfulfilled threats; land dispute; extraordinary circumstances to excuse one-year asylum filing deadline; jurisdiction; Guatemala

Matter of McDonald, 29 I&N Dec. 249 (BIA 2025)

• discretion; LPR cancellation of removal; balancing of equations N.Y. Pen. L. § 260.10(1)

Matter J-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 253 (BIA 2025)

• asylum eligibility even where not credible; CAT deferral; specific intent to torture; specific ECHR report; arrest not torture; Uzbekistan 

Matter of Frias Ulloa, 29 I&N Dec. 259 (BIA 2025)

• fentanyl isomers; N.J. Stat. Ann § 2C:35-5(b)(4); divisibility; modified categorical approach; Laguerre 

Matter of Cotrufo, 29 I&N Dec. 264 (BIA 2025)

• bond; dangerousness; 18 year old having sex with a minor; state court opinions on dangerousness

Matter of L-A-L-T-, 29 I&N Dec. 269 (BIA 2025)

• imputed particular social group; perceived gang members; anti-gang political opinion; tattoos not immutable; Matter of E-A-G-; El Salvador 

Vargas-Rodriguez v. Bondi, No. 25-0261 (6th Cir. Sept. 19, 2025)

• in absentia motion to reopen; requirement to update immigration court with address; DHS failure to file NTA in time; compliant NTA

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Chapters

• 4:36 Lopez-Gomez v. Bondi, No. 24-1921 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)
• 8:11 Zapet-Alvarado v. Bondi, No. 24-1782 (1st Cir. Sept. 22, 2025)
• 12:42 Matter of McDonald, 29 I&N Dec. 249 (BIA 2025)
• 16:11 Matter J-A-, 29 I&N Dec. 253 (BIA 2025)
• 22:45 Matter of Frias Ulloa, 29 I&N Dec. 259 (BIA 2025)
• 31:06 Matter of Cotrufo, 29 I&N Dec. 264 (BIA 2025)
• 35:09 Matter of L-A-L-T-, 29 I&N Dec. 269 (BIA 2025)
• 41:13 Vargas-Rodriguez v. Bondi, No. 25-0261 (6th Cir. Sept. 19, 2025)