Maldonado-Lopez v. Holder
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and pro bono partners at Ropes & Gray LLP represented Yesenia Maldonado Lopez in her petition for review before the U.S.
9th circuit
Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder
In Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder, NIJC filed an amicus brief in support of Ms. Henriquez-Rivas, an asylum-seeker from El Salvador.
OSHODI V. HOLDER
NIJC, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and pro bono partner McDermott Will & Emery LLP filed an amici brief in support of Oshodi’s peititon for rehearing en banc at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Oshodi, a native of Nigeria, was tortured and persecuted in Nigeria as a result of his political activity.
Garfias v. Holder
NIJC filed an amicus brief before the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Francisco Garfias Rodriguez, a Mexican man whose removal order based on the INA § 212(a)(9)(C) permanent bar was sustained by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) despite the fact that he is married to a United States citizen wife and is the beneficiary of a prior visa petition that would qualify him for penalty fee adjustment.
Cuellar de Osorio v. Mayorkas
NIJC, with the American Immigration Council (AIC), filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Cuellar de Osorio et. al.’s en banc rehearing.
ARIZONA, ET AL., V. United States
NIJC, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and pro bono partner Jenner & Block LLP filed a brief as Amicus in Arizona, et al., v. United States of America at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Orantes v. Holder
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) drafted an amicus brief in this longstanding litigation over detainee access to legal representation.
Valdez Bernal v. Gonzales
The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) filed an amicus brief in this case, which argues that in some instances, the statute and Constitution require court-appointed counsel for detained immigrants