Hartford, CT
Immigration Lawyer at Hartford, CT
Practice Areas: Immigration, Litigation, Asylum
OUTCOME: Petition granted
Second Circuit reversed a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals finding that the petitioner's asylum application was frivolous and remanded case with instructions to reconsider its decision in l ... ight of a recent precedent decision and the regulations
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the finding of an Immigration Judge and Board of Immigration Appeals that the petitioners convictions for burglary in Connecticut qualify as crimes involving ... moral turpitude, subjecting him to removal.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Board of Immigration Appeals did not possess jurisdiction to order an alien removed in the first instance and erred in doing so in this case. The court va ... cated the petitioner's removal order and remanded his case for further proceedings.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit held that the agency improperly found the petitioner's testimony in support of his application for asylum was incredible. The court vacated the agency's decision denying his family's ap ... plication for asylum and ordering his removal. The court remanded the petitioner's case for further proceedings.
OUTCOME: DHS ordered to adjudicate plaintiff's I-485
Plaintiff filed a complaint for mandamus alleging that the immigration authorities had unlawfully refused to adjudicate his application for adjustment of status in a reasonable period of time. The Dis ... trict Court denied the government's motion to dismiss and ruled that the immigration authorities must adjudicate the plaintiff's application for adjustment of status because it had unreasonably delayed a final outcome in his case.
OUTCOME: Petition for review and habeas corpus granted
District Court found that the petitioner derived US citizenship from his mother who naturalized before his eighteenth birthday because he had not been legitimated under Ghanaian law. The court vacated ... the petitioner's deportation order and ordered his release from custody.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit held that the agency erred in denying the petitioner's claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel from his prior attorney. The court held that the agency improperly denied ... the petitioner's motion to reopen his removal proceedings to supplement his application for asylum. The court vacated the agency's decision and remanded the petitioner's case for further proceedings.
OUTCOME: Motion for stay of voluntary departure granted
Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that it possessed jurisdiction to grant a stay of the period of voluntary departure granted to an alien who filed a timely request for such relief. The court grant ... ed the petitioner's motion and stayed the period of voluntary departure while it considered the merits of his appeal.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit held that the agency erred in finding that the petitioner possessed a reasonable internal relocation alternative in their country of origin. The court vacated that agency's decision den ... ying the petitioner's application for asylum and ordering their removal. The court remanded the petitioner's case for further consideration of their asylum claim.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit held that the agency erred in finding the petitioner's testimony in support of his application for asylum to be incredible. The court reversed the decision of the agency denying his asy ... lum application and ordering his removal. The court remanded the petitioner's case for further proceedings.
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