Rodriguez Vazquez, et al. v. Bostock, et al., No. 25-6842 (9th Cir. July 30, 2026)

• class action; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); Laken Riley Act; applicant for admission entry; canon against superfluity

Cirrus Rojas v. Olson, et al., No. 25-3127 (7th Cir. July 30, 2026)

• mootness; deemed; no mandatory detention for EWIs; Hurtado; seeking admission; INA § 235(a)(2)(B); applicant for admission entry; canon of constitutional avoidance; plain text

Matter of A-L-S-, 29 I&N Dec. 794 (BIA 2026)

• bond; flight risk; speculative relief; clear error review; long time residence and employment in U.S. as negative factors for bond

Matter of L-L-R-, 29 I&N Dec. 799 (BIA 2026)

• good moral character; possibly alien smuggling even if dropped off at the border; Al Otro Lado; INA § 101(f)(3);

Matter of A-W-M-K-, 29 I&N Dec. 805 (BIA 2026)

• bond; flight risk; USCIS decision as evidence; speculative relief; suspected human right violations; Afghanistan

United States v. Lopez, No. 24-3268 (9th Cir. July 28, 2026)

• Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5; crime of violence; Borden; Gomez; mens rea and use of force; recklessness; general intent crimes; assault; battery; use of “willful” in statute not determinative

Perez-Hernandez v. Blanche, No. 25-3592 (6th Cir. July 28, 2026)

• motion to suppress; egregious constitutional violate; race-based stop; Miranda warnings; intra familial dispute in Guatemala; nexus; relocation for CAT

Kim v. Blanche, No. 24-2042 (1st Cir. July 30, 2026)

• sua sponte motion to reopen; conviction vacatur; citation to vacatur statute alone sufficient to establish procedural or substantive defect; Super. Ct. R. Crim P. 11

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