Practice Advisories & Brief Bank
Public immigration practice advisories, sample briefs, template motions, amicus briefs, and government guidance, organized in one searchable index and linked to the original host.
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Maria Luisa Rodriguez Tornes v. William P. Barr“Amicus Curiae Brief in Maria Luisa Rodriguez Tornes vs. William P. Barr” NIWAP led an amicus brief with DLA Piper for a case filed in the 9th Circuit discussing how domestic violence victims are able to receive gender-based asylum because they domestic violence they experience is based on their social group membership. NIWAP’s brief documented the cultural, religious and social conditions that domestic violence victims suffer that serves as a valid basis for domestic violence related gender bas Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Asylum; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
NIWAP Library 9th Circuit Direct PDF available |
Asylum
Court of appeals
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May 12, 2021 | |
Petition for asylum was granted and remand for further proceedings by Circuit Judge Graber and Judge Richard A. Paez (04/05/21)In this opinion the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that Rodrigues Tornes is eligible for gender based asylum because her domestic abusers (both her former husband and later another former intimate partner) persecuted her for her feminist opinions and views on her rights as a woman. In this case issued after both “Matter of A-B- I” and “Matter of A-B- II the 9th Circuit federal court of appeals ruled that a woman who was persecuted by domestic abusers because of a feminist political o Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Asylum; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
NIWAP Library 9th Circuit Direct PDF available |
Asylum
Removal defense
BIA
Court of appeals
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May 12, 2021 | |
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division rulingU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia decision regarding Plaintiff’s (European Connections & Tours) challenge of IMBRA under the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution; specifically challenging the portions of the IMBRA statute relating to the disclosure of background information and the definition of International Marriage Brokers. Court dismissed the Plaintiff’s Complaint. Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Removal Defense; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
NIWAP Library National Direct PDF available |
Removal defense
Family-based practice
Federal court
Federal district court
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Nov 11, 2015 | |
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NIWAP Library National |
Removal defense
VAWA / U / T
Cross-forum
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NIWAP Library National |
Special immigrant
Children and SIJS
Cross-forum
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