Ep. 279 - Precedential Decisions from 8/26/2025 - 8/31/2025 (family-based particular social group; nexus; M-R-M-S-; derivative citizenship; continuance; hardship; FTCA; illegal third-country removal; Loper Bright; CIMT)

O.C.V., et al. v. Bondi, No. 23-9609 (10th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025)

• family-based particular social group; nexus; Matter of M-R-M-S-; Zombie precedent; vacatur of precedential BIA decision; overcoming animus

Sarabia v. Noem, No. 24-50750 (5th Cir. Aug. 22, 2025)

• certificate of citizenship; dicta; 8 U.S.C. § 1401(a)(7); 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a); jurisdictional statement; claims processing rule; timely AAO motion to reopen or reconsider; five-year lawsuit deadline

Matter of J-A-F-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 195 (BIA 2025)

• continuance of individual hearing; new forms of relief; prima facie eligibility; dilatory tactics; diligence

Lopez Cano v. Bondi, No. 22-1941 (1st Cir. Aug. 28, 2025)

• cancellation; economic hardship; anxiety; nexus

Ortiz Trejo v. Bondi, No. 23-1412 (1st Cir. Aug. 29, 2025)

• hardship; allergies; “evaluated all evidence of record”; boilerplate language

Abdulla v. Att’y Gen. U.S., No. 19-1167 (3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)

• derivative citizenship; Loper Bright; untimely BIA appeal and self-certification; exhaustion; definition of the term “when”; prior panel rule

Ibarra-Perez v. United States, No. 24-631 (9th Cir. Aug. 27, 2025)

• FTCA; jurisdiction; illegal third-country removal; INA § 242(g)

Lopez v. Bondi, No. 23-870 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2025) (denial of en banc rehearing)

• Loper Bright; star decisis; CIMT definition; invalidating prior precedent

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