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Trump says he will ask Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case
President Donald Trump will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear its rejection of his executive order limiting birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
Lawsuit alleges US shared information with Iran about asylum seekers, US denies allegation
A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleges the Trump administration shared confidential information of Iranian asylum seekers with Iran, a claim denied by ICE and DHS.
SCOTUS sets high bar for overturning ‘persecution’ ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court rules courts must defer to immigration agencies when reviewing asylum persecution determinations under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones shifts office priorities
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones shifts focus to consumer protection, health data privacy, immigration, education, and environmental policy upon taking office in 2025.
Immigration: BIA must address petitioner’s testimony and evidence
Where the petitioner submitted evidence that she repeatedly attempted to invoke the assistance of the Salvadoran police but was met with inaction, but the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a perfunctory opinion in which it failed to engage with petitioner’s testimony and documentary evidence, its decision was vacated.
Habeas Corpus: Court has jurisdiction over habeas petition filed by man arrested by DHS
Where attorneys representing a man arrested by Department of Homeland Security agents and taken to Louisiana, and then Texas, filed a habeas petition in the Eastern District of Virginia, the government’s motion to dismiss was denied. Although the government argued the petition could only be heard in Texas, venue was appropriate here because, at the time counsel filed his habeas petition, petitio[...]
Immigration: Man fails to show he will be tortured if returned to El Salvador
Where the record evidence does not compel a finding that a man is more likely than not to be tortured upon his return to El Salvador, the court denied his petition challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals order that he was not eligible for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.
Immigration: Foreign students remain in limbo
Where six Iranian nationals sought an order compelling the adjudication of their visa applications, so that they may begin studying at universities in the United States, but the government was not required to take any further action on those applications, the suit was dismissed.
Immigration: BIA committed reversible error when denying CAT claim
Where an immigration judge assumed a woman established a likelihood that she would be tortured if she was returned to El Salvador, and that the Salvadoran government would be unable to protect her, but the Board of Immigration Appeals determined the woman did not show that it is likely she will be tortured at the instigation of or with the acquiescence of a government official or person acting in [...]
Immigration: Plaintiff’s fiancé remains stuck in Iran
Where a man sought an order compelling the adjudication of his fiancée’s visa application, but the government was not required to take any further action on her application, the suit was dismissed.
SCOTUS rules immigrant’s voluntary departure deadline extended
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a voluntary departure deadline can't expire on weekends or holidays, reviving an immigrant’s petition to reopen removal proceedings.
Supreme Court hands Trump win under Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., lacked the authority to grant equitable relief to plaintiffs subject to detention and removal under an executive order issued by President Trump pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act targeting Venezuelan nationals alleged to be Tren de Aragua gang members, a divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in vacating temporary restraining orders issued by U.S. District Court [...]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
Opinion Digests
- Negligence – Neighbors ordered to pay $300,000 for boundary wall collapse
- Fraud – Court vacates fraud judgment against home sellers
- Employment – Former employee’s claims against ODU are narrowed
- Civil Rights – Civil rights suit was filed too late
- Criminal – Woman dodges disorderly conduct conviction
- Zoning – Disgruntled resident’s suit against County zoning officials is dismissed
- Criminal – Trial court lost jurisdiction to act on defendant’s motion
- Civil Procedure – Court seals briefs and exhibits
- Freedom of Information – UVA appropriately withheld documents under ‘working papers’ exemption
- Contract – Sprint sued for terminating contract in bad faith
- Bankruptcy – Purchaser of assets dodges bankrupt predecessor’s alleged liability
- Landlord and tenant – Commercial landlord’s suit against tenant is dismissed
