Alexandria, VA
Immigration Lawyer at Alexandria, VA
Practice Areas: Immigration
OUTCOME: The court remanded the case to the Board of immigration Appeals.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found that the Board of Immigration Appeals improperly denied Mr. Lisboa's motion to reopen by failing to address whether the deadline for filing a motio ... n to reopen had been equitably tolled by his efforts to get his conviction vacated by a state appeals court.
OUTCOME: The appeal was granted so that Mr. Sesay could apply for adjustment of status
The Board of Immigration Appeals had to determine whether an alien admitted to the U.S. on a fiancee visa could adjust status based upon marriage to a different petitioner. I briefed the case for the ... law firm I worked for.
OUTCOME: The Board of Immigration Appeals determined that West was not subject to mandatory detention because he was released from state custody prior to the expiration of the temporary custody rules.
The Board of Immigration Appeals had to determine whether the mandatory detention provisions of the immigration laws applied to an alien released from physical custody by state authorities prior to the ... expiration of the temporary custody rules. I was the staff attorney that wrote the decision.
OUTCOME: The federal district court judge granted the petition for habeas corpus because she found that mandatory immigration detention did not apply to Mr. Waffi because ICE detained him over a month after he was released from state custody.
Petition for habeas corpus to determine whether the petitioner was subject to mandatory immigration detention because he was not detained by ICE "when released" from criminal custody.
OUTCOME: The Board of Immigration Appeals determined that the period of time that accrued after Blancas-Lara was admitted on a border crossing card could be counted toward the 7 years required for cancellation of removal.
The Board of Immigration Appeals had to determine whether an alien's admission as a nonimmigrant could be considered in calculating the 7 years of continuous residence required for cancellation of remo ... val. I was the staff attorney that wrote the decision.
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