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
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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