Susan Elizabeth Hill's Legal Cases (6)

Immigration

Garcia-Gomez v. Ashcroft, 498 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2007)

Aug 21, 2007

OUTCOME: appeal granted

BIA committed error in mailing briefing schedule to wrong address, then rejecting appellate brief that was filed late because the briefing schedule had not been received at the correct address.

Immigration

Andia v. Ashcroft, 359 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 2004)

Mar 02, 2004

OUTCOME: appeal granted

Overturned erroneous interpretation of immigration motion to reopen statute relating to the exercise of "due diligence" in filing

Immigration

Falcon-Carriche v. Ashcroft , 350 F.3d 845 (9th Cir. 2003)

Nov 24, 2003

OUTCOME: widely cited

Circuit-wide challenge to new BIA appellate streamlining regulations

Immigration

Khodagholian v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 1003 (9th Cir. 2003)

Jul 14, 2003

OUTCOME: appeal granted

Successfully prevented U.S. government from stripping green card for reasons of abandonment

Immigration

Vargas-Garcia v. Ashcroft, 287 F.3d 882 (9th Cir. 2002)

Apr 25, 2002

OUTCOME: appeal granted

BIA's Notice of Appeal form was misleading, and BIA wrongly rejected appellate brief (case presented with the assistance of Chapman University School of Law, and Professor Peter Afrasiabi)

Immigration

Ms. A.

N/A

OUTCOME: granted

An asylum case, gained national notoriety and Congressional attention on the issue of “honor killings” and asylum relief, and was handled with the assistance of U.C. Hastings’ Center for Gender and Ref ... ugee Studies: http://cgrs.uchastings.edu/campaigns/honor.php

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