Aguilar-Villalobos v. Blanche, No. 23-6899 (2d Cir. July 8, 2026)

• adverse credibility; inconsistency; El Salvador’s State of Exception; intentionally horrendous prison conditions; prison as torture; CAT

Matter of R-A-N-, 29 I&N Dec. 739 (BIA 2026)

• forced military conscription; atrocities; well-founded fear of persecution; nexus; Russia

Lopez-Lopez v. Blanche, No. 25-1924 (8th Cir. July 7, 2026)

• issue exhaustion 

Guevara Martinez v. Blanche, No. 25-1429 (4th Cir. July 8, 2026)

• elements based approach to particularly serious crime analysis; Virginia assault and battery against a family member; credibility; CAT; El Salvador

Ramos v. Blanche, No. 25-2037 (4th Cir. July 9, 2026)

• embezzlement; Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-111; fraud or deceit definitions; INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i); concealment; categorical approach; I-130 continuance  

Andric v. Blanche, No. 25-1448 (7th Cir. July 1, 2026)

• Serbian soccer players; particular social group waiver; employment immutability; nexus; IJ including boilerplate legal addendum

E.E.V., et al. v. Blanche, No. 25-2256 (7th Cir. July 6, 2026)

• jurisdiction; claims processing; 30 day deadline; final order of removal; Riley; reinstatement; FARO; equitable tolling and reliance on old precedent; timeliness; substantive PFR challenge not required; venue

Sarr v. Blanche, No. 24-5264 (9th Cir. July 7, 2026)

• particularly serious crime; drug trafficking crime; Y-L- presumption; Loper Bright; star decisis

Menjivar-Ayala, et al. v. Blanche, No. 24-4562 (9th Cir. July 9, 2026)

• ineffective assistance of counsel before the circuit court; failure to file brief; motion for BIA to reissue decision; BIA failure to give reasoned consideration; presumption of prejudice ; courtesy copy on noncitizen; reliance on immigration attorney

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