Diouf v. Napolitano (9th Cir. 3/7/2011) The Ninth Circuit has previously ruled that a person who is in detention and has been ordered deported, but who has filed an appeal of the deportation order, is entitled to a bond hearing before an immigration judge to determine whether or not continued detention is appropriate because such […]
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Alien in Prolonged Detention Entitled to Bond Hearing to Determine Appropriateness of Continued Detention
March 12th, 2011 
Max Nuyen BIA Has Jurisdiction to Hear Motions to Reopen For Petitioners Abroad
February 17th, 2011 Max Nuyen Pruidze v. Holder (6th Cir. 2/3/2011) In a ruling that follows the reasoning of other appellate circuits which have heard the issue, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out one of the BIA’s most longstanding rules of jurisdiction. For at least 50 years, the BIA has had in place what is known as the […]
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Tags: departure bar, immigration appeals, motion to reopen, Pruidze v. Holder 
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