Williams v. Taylor

Holding that counsel's performance was deficient when their investigation failed to uncover "extensive records" filled with mitigation evidence concerning the defendant's family history, education, mental health, and rehabilitation

Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.

Holding that courts "may bar from the courtroom a criminal defendant who disrupts a trial" may "assess attorney fees when a party has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons," and "may act sua sponte to dismiss a suit for failure to prosecute"

National Cable Telecom. Assn. v. Brand X Internet S

Holding that an agency is free within "the limits of reasoned interpretation to change course" only if it "adequately justifies the change"

Stone v. INS

Holding that the IJ's removal order and the Board's denial of a motion to reopen are “two separate final orders”

Gustafson v. Alloyd Co.

Holding that § 12 does not apply to secondary market transactions as the statute's inclusion of the term “prospectus” evinces an intent to limit the Sections's scope solely to the initial public offering

INS v. Doherty

Holding that a regulation with the same formulation established a necessary but not sufficient condition

Yates v. United States

Holding that, in light of a statute's illustrative list, "tangible object" covers "only objects one can use to record or preserve information, not all objects in the physical world"

INS v. Abudu

Holding that the BIA may deny a motion to reopen if "the movant has not established a prima facie case for the underlying substantive relief sought"

Securities Comm'n v. Chenery Corp.

Holding that reviewing court may consider only grounds invoked by agency

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Bell Aerospace Co.

Holding that an agency is "not precluded from announcing new principles in an adjudicative proceeding"

Section 1229a - Removal proceedings

Granting a noncitizen the right to file one motion to reopen and providing that “the motion to reopen shall be filed within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal”

Section 1229 - Initiation of removal proceedings

Authorizing service by mail

Section 1252b - Repealed

Stating that time-and-place information could be provided "in the order to show cause or otherwise"

Section 1232 - Enhancing efforts to combat the trafficking of children

Adopting the definition of UAC in Title 6

Section 279 - Children's affairs

Defining an "unaccompanied alien child" as someone who "has not attained 18 years of age"

Section 1003.1 - Organization, jurisdiction, and powers of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Authorizing " single Board member or panel [to] summarily dismiss any appeal or portion of any appeal" on that ground

Section 1003.29 - Continuances

Authorizing continuances

Section 1003.14 - Jurisdiction and commencement of proceedings

Recognizing that removal proceedings commence "when a charging document is filed with the Immigration court"

Section 1240.1 - Immigration judges

Granting immigration judge in removal proceeding authority to determine applications for adjustment of status

Section 212.7 - Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility

Establishing that a person may be eligible for a provisional waiver if "[u]pon departure, [he] would be inadmissible only under(B) ... at the time of the immigrant visa interview"

Section 1003.10 - Immigration judges

Authorizing Director to "designate . . . temporary immigration judges for renewable terms not to exceed six months"

Section 1003.26 - In absentia hearings

Requiring DHS to establish that written notice of the time and place of proceedings, as well as the consequences of failure to appear, was provided to the alien

Section 103.8 - Service of decisions and other notices

Requiring service on someone other than minor only if minor is younger than fourteen

Section 1240.6 - Postponement and adjournment of hearing

Authorizing adjournments

Section 1236.3 - Detention and release of juveniles