Punch and Jurists

Lin v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, No. 02-4611-ag (2nd Cir.) (494 F.3d 296) (July 16, 2007) (Judge Barrington D. Jr. Parker) by For a commentary on this decision, see "Deference? Schmeference," by Robert Loblaw as posted on the Decision of the Day Blog on July 16, 2007 as follows: "There’s …

Alizoti v. Gonzales, No. 05-4493 (6th Cir.) (477 F.3d 478) (February 26, 2007) (Judge John G. II Heyburn) by Immigration Courts Under Attack - We have seen a lot of cases of late in which the Circuit Courts have expressed great dismay and concern about the growing chaos and lack …

Ba v. Gonzales, No. 05-5043-ag (2nd Cir.) (2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 3976) (February 21, 2007) (Per Curiam) by Immigration Courts Under Attack - We have seen a lot of cases of late in which the Circuit Courts have expressed great dismay and concern about the growing chaos and lack of …

Silva v. U.S. Attorney General, No. 04-10351 (11th Cir.) (448 F.3d 1229) (May 5, 2006) (Judge William H. Jr. Pryor) by Here a divided panel from the Eleventh Circuit denied asylum to a Colombian woman who gave admittedly credible evidence of numerous death threats against her by a Marxist paramilitary …

Pan v. Gonzales, No. 05-1751 (1st Cir.) (445 F.3d 60) (April 17, 2006) (Judge Jeffrey R. Howard) by This is one of those absurd immigration cases that is so disconnected from reality as to constitute deliberate indifference. Here, a panel of three white judges from New England (including one female, …

Rizal v. Gonzales, No. 03-40750 (2nd Cir.) (442 F.3d 84) (March 21, 2006) (Judge Robert A. Katzmann) by This is another one of a number of recent Circuit Court decisions which have clamped down hard on the stream of wacky and sometimes senseless decisions coming from the immigration courts. The …

Benslimane v. Gonzales, No. 04-1339 (7th Cir.) (430 F.3d 828) (November 30, 2005) (Judge Richard A. Posner) by Petitioner alien filed a petition of review after the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed the orders entered by an immigration judge (IJ) in his case. The IJ had denied the alien's …