A Review of Ninth Circuit and BIA Decisions by Merle D. Kahn, Esq.
Weekly Blog for 5.10.19 Part II by Merle Kahn, Esq. The Ninth Circuit issued (what I believe is its first decision) on the effect of California Proposition 64 (the legalization of cannabis in the State of California). It was not Continue reading The Ninth Circuit Takes a Stab at California’s Prop 64 – Legalizing Cannabis – And Further Defines Crimes of Violence
Weekly Blog for 5.10.19 by Merle Kahn, Esq. Part I In a decision that positively flummoxed me, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit in a per curiam decision overruled a District Court’s injunction enjoining the implementation of the Trump Continue reading The Ninth Circuit Overrules the Preliminary Injunction Enjoining the Implementation of Migrant Protection Protocols
Weekly Blog for 5.3.19 by Merle D. Kahn, Esq. Part II The Ninth Circuit in an en banc decision, held that the Immigration Judges (IJs) must inform child immigrants of their right to all potential forms of relief that might Continue reading THE NINTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT IMMIGRATION JUDGES MUST INFORM ALL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN OF THE POSSIBLE FORMS OF RELIEF AVAILABLE TO THEM
Weekly Blog for 5.3.19 by Merle D. Kahn, Esq. Part I That headline might be a little hyperbolic, but, in a rare en banc decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held that the “stop time rule” is triggered by Continue reading THE BIA OVERRULES THE SUPREME COURT – FOR NOW