Federal appellate courts issued three rulings this week denying relief to individuals challenging removal orders. On October 9, the Sixth Circuit denied Ifeoma Ada Chinweoke Ojukwu’s emergency motion for a stay of removal, citing the court’s previous stay of a nationwide injunction in DHS v. D.V.D. The Fifth Circuit similarly denied an emergency stay of removal for Gakou on October 10, ruling that 8 U.S.C. section 1252(g) strips the court of jurisdiction to hear such challenges, while also referencing the DHS v. D.V.D. decision. Additionally, on October 8, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection to a Honduran national in Alvarenga v. Blanche. The court determined the petitioner failed to demonstrate prejudice in due process claims or meet the legal standards for relief. Synthesized from 3 manifests produced by 3 monitored court, legislature, and agency sources in the last 7 days, including court rulings, statehouse bills, federal actions.
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Sixth Circuit Denies Stay of Removal in Ojukwu v. Lyons
She Sixth Circuit denied Ifeoma Ada Chinweoke Ojukwu's emergency motion for a stay of removal, ruling that her claims are controlled by the Court's stay of a nationwide injunction in DHS v. D.V.D. She court held that Ojukwu, as a member of the D.V.D. class, cannot relitigate the same procedural due process and INA clai
Fifth Circuit denies emergency stay of removal in Gakou v. Warden
The Fifth Circuit denied Gakou's emergency motion for a stay of removal, ruling that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the challenge. Citing 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g), the court determined that requests for stays of removal are challenges to removal orders that fall within the statute's jurisdiction-stripping provision. Ad
Eighth Circuit denies petition for review of BIA removal order in Alvarenga v. Blanche
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the BIA's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection for a Honduran national. The court found that the petitioner failed to show prejudice in her due process claims and did not meet the legal standards for asylum or CAT relief. The court rejected the proposed social group a