A Haitian who fled his country because of political violence and became a lawful permanent resident, but who faced removal because of his Virginia convictions for burglary, robbery and grand larceny, loses his petition asking the 4th Circuit to review ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

A Roanoke U.S. District Court upholds the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ denial of an application for naturalization filed by appellant, a legal resident of the U.S.; the court accepts the magistrate judge’s report that appellant’s convictions in California for ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says a Chinese citizen cannot overturn a denial of his application for naturalization based on his 1995 robbery conviction, which qualified as an “aggravated felony” under the Immigration and Nationality Act and barred his ability ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The 4th Circuit rejects the Board of Immigration Appeals’ new rule that refuses to recognize some nunc pro tunc adoption orders, and grants a petition for review filed by a Nigerian citizen who was 17 years old when his biological ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Robert B. King

Plaintiff, who was convicted of a series of sex offenses in Pennsylvania in 1993, including offenses against minors, is disqualified under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act from having his petition for immediate relative status for his wife ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies a naturalization applicant’s suit for injunctive relief or a writ of mandamus as he has failed to exhaust his administrative remedies and there is no factual or legal basis for a writ of mandamus; ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a Haitian citizen had twice been granted Temporary Protected Status after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, he cannot overturn a final removal order from the Department of Homeland Security; the 4th Circuit upholds a determination that his 1996 conspiracy ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Allyson K. Duncan

A Honduran citizen who reported to immigration officials that his father and brother had been murdered by a gang in the Honduras and he was kidnapped and threatened by the same gang loses his petition for review of a removal ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge Barbara Milano Keenan

The 4th Circuit rejects a Senegalese native’s petition challenging the Board of Immigrations Appeals’  denial of a continuance or administrative closure of petitioner’s removal proceedings so he could receive a mental health evaluation; the immigration judge did not err procedurally ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III

A Salvadoran citizen and former member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, who was beaten and forced to pay tribute to the gang after he distanced himself from its activities, has successfully demonstrated that membership in the group was at least ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Immigration Judge James A. Wynn Jr.