Concrete Evidence Requirement in Establishing Prejudice for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel on Federal Habeas Review Introduction Caballero v. Miller is a Second Circuit summary order reversing a...
Direct Evidence of Retaliation Displaces Burden-Shifting under §1981 & Time-Barred Hostile Work Environment Claims: El Chaar v. NYU College of Dentistry Introduction In El Chaar v. NYU College of...
Termination‐Based Discrimination Claims Accrue at Decision Communication, Not Grievance Resolution Introduction In Ikedilo v. Statter, 23‐7947 (2d Cir. Apr. 2, 2025), the United States Court of...
Notification Trigger for Statute of Limitations in Discrimination Claims: Grievance Procedures Do Not Toll Introduction Ikedilo v. Statter, decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the...
El Chaar v. NYU College of Dentistry: Direct-Evidence Standard in §1981 Retaliation Claims Introduction In El Chaar v. NYU College of Dentistry, 24-1169 (2d Cir. Apr. 2, 2025), the Second Circuit...
Public Employee Speech and Retaliation Limits: Clarifying Garcetti and Vega in Gotfryd v. City of Newburgh Introduction Gotfryd v. City of Newburgh is a summary‐order decision of the United States...
Establishing Government “Unwilling-or-Unable” Standard in Private-Actor Persecution Claims: Escobar-Garcia v. Bondi Introduction Escobar-Garcia v. Bondi, decided April 1, 2025 by the United States...
Exhaustion and Nexus Requirements in Particular Social Group Claims: Guaman-Parades v. Bondi Introduction Guaman-Parades v. Bondi is a Second Circuit summary order issued on April 1, 2025, reviewing...
Clarifying the “Unable-or-Unwilling” Standard for Domestic Violence–Based Asylum and CAT Claims Introduction Escobar-Garcia v. Bondi, decided April 1, 2025 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
Expert Testimony Admissibility: Addressing Obvious Alternative Causes Under Rule 702 1. Introduction In Faison-Williams v. United States (2d Cir. 2025), the Second Circuit addressed two critical...
Guaman-Parades v. Bondi: Enforcing Waiver in Social-Group Asylum Claims Introduction In Guaman-Parades v. Bondi, 23-7828 (2nd Cir. Apr. 1, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second...
Faison-Williams v. United States: Rule 702’s Requirement to Adequately Address Alternative Explanations in Expert Causation Testimony Introduction In Faison-Williams v. United States, 24-1404 (2d...
Clarifying the “Unwilling-or-Unable” Standard for Domestic Violence Asylum Claims Introduction In Escobar-Garcia v. Bondi, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed the...
Waiver of Unraised Particular Social Group Claims Bars Asylum Relief Introduction This commentary examines the Second Circuit’s April 1, 2025 summary order in Guaman-Parades v. Bondi, 23-7828 (2d...
Official Duty Speech Unprotected and Limits on Equal Protection Retaliation: Gotfryd v. City of Newburgh Introduction Gotfryd v. City of Newburgh, decided by the Second Circuit on April 1, 2025,...
Clarifying the “Unable-or-Unwilling” Standard for Private-Actor Persecution Introduction In Escobar-Garcia v. Bondi, 23-6581 (2d Cir. Apr. 1, 2025), the Second Circuit reviewed a Board of Immigration...
Escobar-Garcia v. Bondi: Clarifying the “Unwilling-or-Unable” Standard in Domestic Violence Asylum Claims Introduction Escobar-Garcia v. Bondi, decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
Guaman-Parades v. Bondi: Waiver of Unraised Particular Social Group Claims in Asylum Appeals Introduction This commentary addresses the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s April...
Rational‐Basis Review of Good‐Time Credit Eligibility for Noncitizen Prisoners under the First Step Act Introduction Cheng v. United States is a Second Circuit decision addressing whether 18 U.S.C. §...
Guaman-Parades v. Bondi: Exhaustion of Social Group Claims and the “One Central Reason” Standard in Asylum Proceedings 1. Introduction In Guaman-Parades v. Bondi, Nos. 23-7828 (2d Cir. Apr. 1, 2025),...