Ep. 293 - Precedential Decisions from 12/1/2025 - 12/7/2025 (change of attorney address; BIA summary dismissal; unable or unwilling; controlled substance offense; nexus; past persecution; crime of child abuse; particularity & gender)

Pineda-Guerra v. Bondi, No. 25-3081 (6th Cir. Dec. 3, 2025)

• change of attorney address; BIA summary dismissal; BIA abuse of discretion where requirements not contained in Practice Manual or regulations

Restrepo Castano v. Bondi, No. 24-2117 (1st Cir. Nov. 28, 2025)

• unable or unwilling to protect; fruitful police protection; phone threats; Gulf Clan; Colombia

Dor v. Bondi, No. 25-1278 (1st Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)

• controlled substance offense; comparison with CSA at time of conviction; Massachusetts marijuana; hemp

De La Cruz-Quispe v. Bondi, No. 25-1421 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2025)

• nexus; domestic violence type asylum claim; personal vendetta; Peru

Silva de Santiago v. Bondi, No. 25-60064 (5th Cir. Dec. 4, 2025)

• abuse of a child under New Mexico Revised Statute § 30-6-1(D); crime of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment; exposing child to inclement weather; realistic probability test in the Fifth Circuit; stop time rule & INA § 212(a)(2)(B); LPR cancellation of removal

B. Singh v. Bondi, No. 24-815 (9th Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)

• past persecution; beatings; threats; reasonable relocation in India; Law Library of Congress report; Mann Party; Sikh

Cristales-de Linares v. Bondi, No. 25-3152 (6th Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)

• particularity; particular social group; women; employment and economic factors; failure to identify attackers; relocation; Tista-Ruiz; gangs; extortion; El Salvador

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Chapters

• 4:43 Pineda-Guerra v. Bondi, No. 25-3081 (6th Cir. Dec. 3, 2025)
• 9:24 Restrepo Castano v. Bondi, No. 24-2117 (1st Cir. Nov. 28, 2025)
• 13:01 Dor v. Bondi, No. 25-1278 (1st Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)
• 17:16 De La Cruz-Quispe v. Bondi, No. 25-1421 (1st Cir. Dec. 5, 2025)
• 21:23 Silva de Santiago v. Bondi, No. 25-60064 (5th Cir. Dec. 4, 2025)
• 26:49 B. Singh v. Bondi, No. 24-815 (9th Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)
• 33:32 Cristales-de Linares v. Bondi, No. 25-3152 (6th Cir. Dec. 1, 2025)