Laura L Lichter's Legal Cases (3)

Immigration

In re N-A-M- , 24 I&N Dec. 336 (BIA 2007)

N/A

OUTCOME: Litigated at 10th Circuit and Supreme Court (Cert Denied); pursing other avenues of relief

Pro bono litigaton on behalf of preoperative, transgendered El Salvadoran national facing deportation, despite proving that she would be harmed if returned. In a precedential deision BIA adopted a rad ... ical new definition on what constitutes a particularly serious crime.

Immigration

N-A-M- v. Longshore, 1:08-CV-01834-WYD

N/A

OUTCOME: Case settled by securing client's release; legal fees awarded

Successfully challenged long term detention of preoperative, transgendered asylum seeker, including government's unlawful decision to withhold hormone therapy while in custody.

Immigration

Sosa-Valenzuela v. Gonzales

N/A

OUTCOME: Client released from custody and case remanded for a hearing on applications for relief.

Published decision reversing the BIA for unlawfully entering a removal order when the immigration judge had not made a proper findings of removability.

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