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Ada Merary Rivas-Ramos v Merrick Garland

“Ada Merary Rivas-Ramos v Merrick Garland”. NIWAP represented by Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, LLP filed an amicus brief in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case of Ada Rivas-Ramos faced abuse at the hands of her former partner with whom she had been in a relationship with since she was 14 years old and shared children. Rivas-Ramos testified as to the sustained abuse she suffered throughout their relationship, including that the abuser hit her in the face with a bottle, threatened her and t

NIWAP Library Amicus brief Sep 20, 2023 Direct PDF available

Why it matters

Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Asylum; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it.

Topics

Asylum

Forums

BIA Court of appeals

Jurisdictions

8th Circuit