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In re Velarde

19 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Doherty

    502 U.S. 314 (1992)   Cited 1,117 times
    Holding that a regulation with the same formulation established a necessary but not sufficient condition

  2. Boddie v. Connecticut

    401 U.S. 371 (1971)   Cited 2,534 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that due process required access to the courts for filing divorce proceedings, regardless of the ability to pay

  3. INS v. Abudu

    485 U.S. 94 (1988)   Cited 1,189 times
    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"

  4. Neal v. United States

    516 U.S. 284 (1996)   Cited 244 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the statutory provision for calculating the weight of LSD controls over a contrary guidelines provision

  5. Hilton v. S.C. Pub. Rys. Comm'n

    502 U.S. 197 (1991)   Cited 272 times
    Holding that Will is a rule of statutory construction, not of constitutional law, and that the reliance interests created by the Court's prior decision interpreting the Federal Employers' Liability Act to include state-owned railroads warranted adherence to stare decisis rather than to the clear statement rule

  6. Pring v. Penthouse International, Ltd.

    462 U.S. 1132 (1983)   Cited 102 times
    Overturning a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff where all witnesses testified that magazine story "could not possibly be about [the plaintiff] as she would not do [the acts alleged in the story]"

  7. M.A. v. U.S. I.N.S.

    899 F.2d 304 (4th Cir. 1990)   Cited 86 times
    Finding that alien's "own allegations make clear that his fear is grounded in nothing more than the generally violent conditions extant in El Salvador" and rejecting the notion that assertions of "general violence alone can satisfy the requirement of an individualized threat of persecution"

  8. Dodig v. I.N.S.

    9 F.3d 1418 (9th Cir. 1993)   Cited 8 times
    Concluding that 8 C.F.R. § 205.1(C) does not operate unless there has been an approved immigration petition

  9. Marcello v. I.N.S.

    694 F.2d 1033 (5th Cir. 1983)   Cited 11 times
    Holding that denial of motion to reopen was not an abuse of discretion

  10. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,705 times   91 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  11. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,905 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  12. Section 1229b - Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status

    8 U.S.C. § 1229b   Cited 5,204 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”

  13. Section 1255 - Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence

    8 U.S.C. § 1255   Cited 2,894 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Listing classes of nonimmigrants, such as students and tourists

  14. Section 1154 - Procedure for granting immigrant status

    8 U.S.C. § 1154   Cited 1,162 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting immigrant status

  15. Section 1151 - Worldwide level of immigration

    8 U.S.C. § 1151   Cited 881 times
    Defining "immediate relatives"

  16. Section 245.2 - Application

    8 C.F.R. § 245.2   Cited 500 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Granting USCIS authority to adjudicate applications for adjustment of status outside of removal proceedings

  17. Section 204.2 - Petitions for relatives, widows and widowers, and abused spouses and children

    8 C.F.R. § 204.2   Cited 439 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Conferring priority date retention on a derivative beneficiary only "if the subsequent petition is filed by the same petitioner"

  18. Section 204.1 - General information about immediate relative and family-sponsored petitions

    8 C.F.R. § 204.1   Cited 295 times
    Delimiting jurisdiction over immediate relative and family-sponsored visa petitions

  19. Section 245.10 - Adjustment of status upon payment of additional sum under section 245(i)

    8 C.F.R. § 245.10   Cited 79 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Defining "frivolous" to mean "patently without substance"