Ep. 277 - Precedential Decisions from 8/11/2025 - 8/17/2025 (ineffective assistance - PSGs & QRs; women, family & wealth; Riley & withholding review; firearms trafficking; bond & danger; collectivos & VZ asylum; Nicaragua asylum; GMC; hardship; reopening)

Guandique-De Romero v. Bondi, No. 24-1154 (4th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)

• ineffective assistance; competence; fundamentally fair; wealth-based PSGs; women; family; reopening; prejudice

 

Rivas de Nolasco v. Bondi, No. 22-1176 (4th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• women; Riley & PFR mid-proceedings; nexus; children & gangs

 

Alvarez Ronquillo v. Bondi, No. 24-1324 (4th Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)

• firearms trafficking; 101(a)(43)(C) aggravated felony; 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A); consideration

 

Matter of Salas Pena, 29 I&N Dec. 173 (BIA 2025)

• bond; dangerousness; police reports; cocaine trafficking

 

Hernandez Flores v. Bondi, No. 23-6714 (2d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• ineffective assistance; failure to advise of qualifying relative; marriage in proceedings; continuance; Patel

Romero-Lozano v. Garland, No. 23-60638 (5th Cir. Aug. 12, 2025)

• withholding only; reinstatement; Riley; reinstate mandate

 

Montiel Rubio v. Bondi, No. 24-60392 (5th Cir. Aug. 13, 2025)

• collectivos; persecution; getting shot; death threats; gassed; Venezuela

 

Suchite-Salguero v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 24-1970 (3d Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• new & previous unavailable before IJ; former hearing; Kisor; harmless error; Chenery; baby during appeal

 

Roman Sanchez v. Att'y Gen. U.S., No. 242-279 (3d Cir. Aug. 15, 2025)

• GMC; barring testimony; Castillo-Perez presumption; DUI

 

Rivas-Jarquin v. Bondi, No. 24-2386 (7th Cir. Aug. 11, 2025)

• pattern or practice; medical professionals; opposition to Sandinistas; Nicaragua

 

Santos Mendoza v. Bondi, No. 24-2796 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• cancellation; psychological hardship to children; financial hardship; Wilkinson

 

Martinez-Martinez v. Bondi, No. 24-3281 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2025)

• commune violence; unable or unwilling; relocation; Honduras

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