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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

Workflows

Asylum merits package BIA, PFR, and federal court Children and SIJS

Forums

BIA Court of appeals

Jurisdictions

8th Circuit