Hartford, CT
Immigration Lawyer at Hartford, CT
Practice Areas: Immigration, Litigation, Asylum
OUTCOME: Habeas corpus granted
Client detained by ICE pending removal proceedings. Filed petition for habeas corpus arguing that it was a violation of client's right to due process of law to hold him in civil immigration detention ... during COVID-19 pandemic.
OUTCOME: Appeal granted, removal proceedings terminated
Client was legal resident of the United States charged with removal based on a conviction for stealing a firearm under Conn. Gen. Stat. 53a-212. Moved to dismiss the charge of deportation, arguing tha ... t under the categorical approach, client's conviction was not a deportable crime. Board of Immigration Appeals granted appeal, agreeing that under the categorical approach, client was not convicted of a deportable crime and can retain his legal residence (i.e. green card).
OUTCOME: Motion to reopen granted, removal proceedings terminated
Client with final order of removal filed untimely motion to reopen his removal order based on the fact that the criminal conviction that led to his deportation order had been overturned. Board of Immi ... gration Appeals granted motion to reopen, finding that client was no longer deportable after criminal conviction had been overturned.
OUTCOME: Motion for summary judgment granted
District Court reversed decision of USCIS denying client's marriage-based I-130 petition and ordered the agency to approve the petition. The District Court found that there was insufficient evidence t ... o justify the agency's finding that Plaintiff Simko had participated in prior marriage fraud or subject to a lifetime ban on being the beneficiary of a family based immigration petition under INA 204(c).
OUTCOME: Petition granted
First Circuit Court of Appeals granted petition for review, found that client's conviction for multiple counts of conspiracy to commit larceny under Connecticut penal law is not a crime involving moral ... turpitude.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Third Circuit granted petition for review and remanded case to the Board of Immigration Appeals for consideration of petitioner's claim for protection under the Convention Against Torture. Court also ... rejected the government's argument that it has no authority to review a determination that a returning lawful permanent resident is an applicant for admission.
OUTCOME: Petition granted
Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion in denying a continuance to a arriving alien in removal proceedings seeking an adjustment of status befo ... re US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
District Court found that the petitioner had demonstrated that he derived US citizenship from his mother when she naturalized before his eighteenth birthday because he was not legitimated under Ghanaia ... n law.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit found that the agency did not properly serve the petitioner with notice of an I-751 interview before terminating his conditional resident status. The court vacated the petitioner's remo ... val order and remanded his case for further proceedings.
OUTCOME: Petition for review granted
Second Circuit held that the agency improperly found that the petitioner's second and third convictions for simple possession of a controlled substance under Connecticut law qualified as aggravated fel ... onies, barring him from being eligible to apply for cancellation of removal. The Court reversed the agency's removal order and remanded the petitioner's case for further proceedings.
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