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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Jessica Ruth Gonzales v. United States of America Inter-American Commission on Human RightsAmicus brief submitted to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights after Castle Rock police department failed to enforce an order of protection against Ms. Gonzales’s husband. This brief argues that there is an international consensus recognizing states’ obligation to protect against domestic violence and provide effective remedies for its victims. Even if laws and orders are issued, they must be enforced. The police failure to enforce the protective order in this case, together with the Un Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Family; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
NIWAP Library National Direct PDF available |
Family-based practice
Cross-forum
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Jun 18, 2025 | |
United States v. DixonUnited States v. Dixon (December 2 1992-June 28 1993) U.S. Supreme Court. United States V. Michael Foster (United States v. Dixon, 598 A.2d 724, 725 (D.C. 1991), cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 1759 (1992), aff’d in part and rev’d in part, 113 S. Ct. 2849 (1993). Amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court of the United States as the organization that serves as counsel for the domestic violence victim in the underlying protection order contempt proceeding that resulted in an over 600 day sentence for multi Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Family; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
NIWAP Library National Direct PDF available |
Family-based practice
Cross-forum
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Jun 18, 2025 | |
European Connections & Tours, Inc. v. Gonzales ,European Connections & Tours, Inc. v. Gonzales, (2006) Developed amicus brief and assisted the U.S. Attorney General in a motion to dismiss a 1st Amendment challenge to the collection of data on male clients for prospective brides and 5th Amendment Equal Protection challenge to regulation of for-profit or majority for-profit but not cultural or religious International Marriage Brokers. (Crowell and Moring, Pro Bono). Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Family; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
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Family-based practice
Cross-forum
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Oct 20, 2023 | |
Ruiz v. Carrasco ,Amicus brief in the case of Antonio Ruiz v. Wendy R. Carrasco, case nos. 98-FM-39 98-FM-40 on issues of civil protection orders. Ruiz v. Carrasco, DC Court of Appeals (1997) Filed an Amicus Brief was in support of a court issuing a protection order prohibiting an abusive husband from reporting his wife to government officials including (INS). (Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, Pro Bono) Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Family; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
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Family-based practice
BIA
Court of appeals
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Oct 2, 2023 | |
Harrison v. HarrisonHarrison v. Harrison, Kentucky, Fayette Circuit Court 3rd Division (2002) Amicus Brief explaining misuse of protection orders to penalize victims and discourage them from seeking legal relief, “mutual” protection orders as contrary to public policy, and the safety of DV victims as directly related to batterer responsibility enforced in the legal system. (Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Pro Bono) Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Family; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
NIWAP Library National Direct PDF available |
Family-based practice
Court of appeals
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Sep 26, 2023 | |
Meredith v. Muriel K&L GatesMeredith v. Muriel, Supreme Court of the State of Washington, (2009). Submitted two amicus briefs one on behalf of Legal Momentum and a second on behalf of the National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women in a case in which an abuser appealed the issuance of a protection order containing a prohibition against the abuser communicating with the Department of Homeland Security regarding his wife. One brief (K & L Gates, Pro Bono) provided social science documentation of the harm to vict Why it matters: Useful as an amicus or advocacy example on Family; confirm the cited authority and procedural posture before adapting it. |
NIWAP Library National Direct PDF available |
Family-based practice
BIA
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Sep 26, 2023 | |
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. |
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Removal defense
Family-based practice
Federal court
Federal district court
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Nov 11, 2015 |