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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
09-17495	Leonardo v. Crawford Petitioner alleging prolonged immigration detention must exhaust administrative remedies by appealing to BIA following ‘Casas’ hearing, before seeking habeas review.	Immigration			Aug. 4, 2011
07-70500	Singh v. Holder Petitioner's counsel renders ineffective assistance, which prejudiced petitioner, by deciding to file motion to remand, instead of seeking stay of voluntary departure.	Immigration			Jul. 22, 2011
09-72060	Rodriguez-Valencia v. Holder Conviction for unauthorized imitation of trademarks constitutes ‘aggravated felony’ as offense relating to counterfeiting for removal purposes.	Immigration			Jul. 22, 2011
06-73335	Viridiana v. Holder Asylum application filed three months after deadline due to fraud by immigration consultant warrants statutory tolling of deadline.	Immigration			Jul. 20, 2011
05-74350	Nunez-Reyes v. Holder State-court conviction for simple drug possession, which was later expunged, constitutes ‘conviction’ for federal immigration purposes.	Immigration			Jul. 15, 2011
06-70635	Gomez-Granillo v. Holder Immigration judge may consider all evidence known, and make credibility determination of alien’s testimony, to support reasonable belief that alien was drug trafficker.	Immigration			Jul. 15, 2011
09-70240	Hu v. Holder BIA errs in finding asylum-seeker’s past mistreatment was not based on protected ground when abuse was motivated by political opinion imputed on him by police.	Immigration			Jul. 15, 2011
08-73805	Hernandez-Cruz v. Holder Second-degree commercial burglary convictions are not aggravated felonies, and therefore are not grounds for removal.	Immigration			Jul. 11, 2011
07-70114	Perez-Ramirez v. Holder Asylum applicant qualifies as whistleblower where he was retaliated against for reporting corruption, regardless of whether corruption was exposed to outside agency.	Immigration			Jul. 11, 2011
07-70730	Planes v. Holder Petitioner is removable due to convictions for two crimes involving moral turpitude, although district court had not yet issued decision regarding sentence on remand.	Immigration			Jul. 6, 2011
08-72102	Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder Alien who commits grand theft of property categorically commits aggravated felony, which subjects him to removal.	Immigration			Jul. 5, 2011
06-73982	Avagyan v. Holder Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling of adjustment of status claim where delay in seeking adjustment was reasonable based on attorney’s advice.	Immigration			Jul. 5, 2011
07-72719	Antonyan v. Holder BIA errs in failing to find nexus between asylum-seeker’s mistreatment and whistle-blowing efforts as protected political opinion.	Immigration			Jun. 29, 2011
07-74047	Pagayon v. Holder Immigration judge may consider alien’s admissions, corroborated by specified set of conviction record documents, as evidence of removability.	Immigration			Jun. 26, 2011
08-74371	Gil v. Holder State conviction for ‘carrying weapon concealed within vehicle’ is properly deemed ‘firearms offense’ rendering defendant ineligible for cancellation of removal.	Immigration			Jun. 22, 2011
09-72059	Carrillo de Palacios v. Holder Applicant is inadmissible because she returned to U.S. following one-year period of unlawful presence although one-year period occurred before statute's effective date.	Immigration			Jun. 21, 2011
08-70434	Singh v. Holder Asylum applicant is not required to provide evidence to corroborate testimony that he filed application within one year after arrival in U.S.	Immigration			Jun. 19, 2011
06-74547	Singh v. Holder Spouse’s lie to immigration authorities is sufficient basis for adverse credibility finding, which is attributable to both spouses.	Immigration			Jun. 9, 2011
08-71427	Vasquez de Alcantar v. Holder Petitioner fails to meet continuous residence requirement for cancellation of removal because admission status is achieved only after legal permanent residency is granted.	Immigration			Jun. 6, 2011
08-72252	Guevara v. Holder Employment authorization issued to undocumented alien pending his status adjustment does not grant ‘admittance in any status’ to qualify for cancellation of removal.	Immigration			Jun. 6, 2011
09-71597	Ixcot v. Holder Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act cannot be applied retroactively to alien who submitted asylum application before its enactment.	Immigration			Jun. 2, 2011
07-71806	Irigoyen-Briones v. Holder Board of Immigration of Appeals errs in rejecting petitioner’s appeal, which was filed one day after deadline, where deadline was not jurisdictional.	Immigration			Jun. 1, 2011
09-115	Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Whiting Federal law does not preempt Arizona law, which requires suspension of business licenses of employers who knowingly employ unauthorized aliens.	Immigration			May 27, 2011
08-71868	Ayala v. Holder Former military officer must show persecution based on membership in group, not individual threat based on particular incident, to establish asylum eligibility.	Immigration			May 20, 2011
09-72954	Hoang v. Holder State misdemeanor conviction for rendering criminal assistance is not crime related to obstruction of justice constituting aggravated felony.	Immigration			May 18, 2011
09-17495	Leonardo v. Crawford Petitioner alleging prolonged immigration detention must exhaust administrative remedies by appealing to BIA following ‘Casas’ hearing, before seeking habeas review.	Immigration			May 16, 2011
07-71988	Pannu v. Holder BIA must reconsider whether failure to register as sex offender constitutes crime of moral turpitude under definition including scienter.	Immigration			May 12, 2011
05-73517	Galindo-Romero v. Holder Appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review cancellation of removal if neither BIA nor Immigration Judge ever issued final order of removal.	Immigration			May 10, 2011
06-75258	Zheng v. Holder Board of Immigration Appeals abuses its discretion when it fails to consider petitioner’s value and service to community in deciding relief for removability.	Immigration			May 9, 2011
06-71575	Go v. Holder Petitioner’s claim under Convention Against Torture fails because lack of harm to co-defendant in criminal prosecution undercut his fear of harm.	Immigration			May 6, 2011