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Dhakal, Arjun v. Lynch, Loretta et al

Brief in Support of 10 Motion to Dismiss

14 Cited authorities

  1. Jama v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

    760 F.3d 490 (6th Cir. 2014)   Cited 61 times
    Holding district court had jurisdiction to consider claim of improper denial of fraud waiver application

  2. Kashani v. Nelson

    793 F.2d 818 (7th Cir. 1986)   Cited 30 times
    Holding that aliens may not seek district court review of district directors' denial of asylum petitions but instead must exhaust administrative remedies by renewing asylum petition in ensuing deportation hearings

  3. Yim Tong Chung v. Smith

    640 F. Supp. 1065 (S.D.N.Y. 1986)   Cited 4 times

    No. 84 Civ. 3125 (JES). July 31, 1986. Gim Wong, P.C. (Benjamin Gim, of counsel), Lawyers Committee for Intern. Human Rights (Arthur C. Helton, of counsel), Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (Margaret Fung, Arthur J. Soong, of counsel), New York City, for plaintiffs. Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y. (Thomas E. Moseley, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), New York City, for defendants. OPINION AND ORDER SPRIZZO, District Judge: FACTS The fifteen plaintiffs in this action are

  4. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 348,503 times   930 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

  5. Section 1331 - Federal question

    28 U.S.C. § 1331   Cited 98,005 times   136 Legal Analyses
    Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

  6. Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

    8 U.S.C. § 1252   Cited 42,724 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"

  7. Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,639 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment

  8. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,425 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

  9. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,479 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  10. Section 701 - Application; definitions

    5 U.S.C. § 701   Cited 9,409 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Adopting the definition given in Section 551

  11. Section 208.13 - Establishing asylum eligibility

    8 C.F.R. § 208.13   Cited 1,776 times
    Recognizing that applicant can meet burden for well-founded fear of persecution by demonstrating a reasonable possibility of persecution against himself as an individual or a pattern or practice of persecution against persons in a group to which he belongs

  12. Section 208.4 - Filing the application

    8 C.F.R. § 208.4   Cited 302 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing "ineffective assistance of counsel" as one "extraordinary circumstance" and setting forth the requirements

  13. Section 208.14 - Approval, denial, referral, or dismissal of application

    8 C.F.R. § 208.14   Cited 92 times
    Denying asylum to applicants firmly resettled

  14. Section 208.2 - Jurisdiction

    8 C.F.R. § 208.2   Cited 84 times
    Limiting the scope of review in asylum-only proceedings to "a determination of whether the alien is eligible for asylum or withholding or deferral of removal, and whether asylum shall be granted in the exercise of discretion."