Sua Sponte Motion to Reopen to BIA
Jan 24, 2013OUTCOME: Prevailed - Case remanded to Immigration Court
Persuaded the Board of Immigration Appeals to invoke their authority to re-open a 12 year old immigration case for adjustment of status.
Suzan deSeguin-Hons's Legal Cases (8)
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People v Currier
Sep 27, 2012OUTCOME: JUDGMENT REVERSED AND CASE REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
First degree murder conviction reversed by the Colorado Appeals Court where defendant was tried under an involuntary not guilty by reason of insanity plea.
AAO appeal of denied I-601
Jan 01, 2010OUTCOME: Prevailed; adjustment of status granted
Supplemented and briefed an appeal of an I-601 waiver for fraudulent entry that had been denied by the USCIS.
Motion to reopen In absentia removal order
Jan 01, 2010OUTCOME: Prevailed
Successfully re-opened in absentia removal order to apply for asylum.
1998 Utah Pardon for Homicide
Jan 01, 1998OUTCOME: Pardon granted; deportation terminated
Obtained the first Utah Pardon of a homicide conviction since 1913. As there was no relief for this individual under immigration law, only the extraordinary measure of obtaining a pardon could keep th ... is immigrant grandfather with his US citizen sons, daughters and grandchildren. I want to clarify that I believed that the original 1980 conviction was infirm and that the man should have been acquitted based on self-defense.
68 F.3d 484 OKAFOR v. INS 68 F.3d 484 (10th Cir, 1995)
Jan 01, 1995OUTCOME: Prevailed
Appealed BIA denial of Motion to Reopen for asylum based on changed country conditions to 10th Circuit. Applicant had previously been denied suspension of deportation. On eventual remand to Immigratio ... n Court, we prevailed on both suspension and asylum and the immigration judge gave us our pick.
In re M- P- (2011)
N/AOUTCOME: Asylum granted
Prevailed on Laotian asylum case (political opinion) where defensive asylum application filed 10 years past one-year deadline.
In re E-M- (2012)
N/AOUTCOME: Asylum granted by immigration judge
Pakistani asylum case based on religious persecution. (The affirmative asylum case, which was referred to the court, had been handled by another law firm.
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