South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Polfliet v. Rodriguez (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-162-17, 13 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 5:16-cv-03358; D.S.C. Holding: Plaintiffs challenge defendants’ revocation of plaintiff Kimiki’s (plaintiff Polfliet’s stepson’s) visa based on Polfliet’s pre-visa child pornography conviction. However, since the revocation of the ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice

  Zavaleta-Policiano v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-180-17, 17 pp.) (Gregory, C.J.) (Wilkinson, J., concurring) No. 16-1231, amended Sept. 13, 2017. On petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. 4th Cir. Holding: Where the government ...

Tagged with: MS-13 persecution

  U.S. v. Lefsih (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-171-17, 22 pp.) (Harris, J.) No. 16-4345, Aug. 14, 2017; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit vacates the immigration fraud conviction of an Algerian native who entered ...

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  Boggala v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-170-17, 22 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 16-1558, Aug. 9, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: A divided 4th Circuit panel rejects a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ...

Tagged with: child solicitation deferred prosecution

  Calla Mejia v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-169-17, 47 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 16-1280, Aug. 9, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: A Peruvian woman who suffered years of domestic abuse from her husband, a Peruvian police ...

Tagged with: domestic abuse removal order

Velasquez v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-163-17, 18 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 16-1669, July 31, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: A Honduran mother who illegally entered the U.S. with her son after his paternal grandmother had the ...

Tagged with: Murder

Jaquez v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-131-17, 12 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 16-1147, June 8, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: Petitioner’s 2005 criminal proceedings under a first-offender statute for cocaine possession, Va. Code § 18.2-251, constituted a ...

Tagged with: Drug plea

Int’l Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-120-17, 205 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 17-1351, May 25, 2017; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Chuang, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit upholds the district court’s imposition of a nationwide preliminary ...

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Uribe v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-104-17, 10 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 16-1427, May 3, 2017; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: Petitioner’s prior Maryland conviction for the felony offense of third degree burglary qualifies as a crime involving ...

Tagged with: moral turpitude

Alkassab v. Rodriguez (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-121-17, 13 pp.) (Richard Mark Gergel, J.) 2:16-cv-01267; D.S.C. Holding: Although Congress has established procedures for processing asylum applications, 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(7) explicitly states that it does not create a private right of ...

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