“Vulnerability” and Crime-Reporting Victimhood Are Not Enough: Particular Social Group Precision, Exhaustion, and Nexus Limits in Gang-Extortion Asylum Claims 1. Introduction In Diaz Pulig v. Blanche...
Esposito v. Gary: Pleading Legal Malpractice Requires Plausible Negligence and “But-For” Causation; Optimistic Litigation Predictions Are Not Negligent Misrepresentation 1. Introduction In Esposito...
Second Circuit: Plausible Fourth Amendment Firearms-Seizure Claim Survives § 1915(e) Screening; Implied Consent to Enter May Be Revoked I. Introduction In Campbell v. Broome County (2d Cir. Apr. 9,...
Section 1326(d) Is Strictly Mandatory: Palomar-Santiago Abrogates Sosa’s “Invalid Waiver” Exception 1. Introduction In United States v. Manuel Zumba Mejia (Second Circuit, Apr. 9, 2026), the...
Article 78 Adequacy and Personal Involvement as Threshold Bars to § 1983 Search/Seizure and Due Process Claims (and Monell’s Policy-or-Custom Requirement) 1. Introduction Campbell v. City of...
Agency Must Consider Race Nexus and Conflicting Country-Conditions Evidence When Assessing PSG Social Distinction and “Unable or Unwilling to Protect” Nonprecedential posture: The Second Circuit...
Second Circuit Reaffirms Absolute Immunity for Court-Integrated Actors and Enforces Waiver for Untimely Objections to a Magistrate Judge’s Report Introduction In Weilburg v. Fitzgerald (2d Cir. Apr....
Nonprecedential but Instructive: Rigorous Limits on Appellate Review of “Exceptional and Extremely Unusual Hardship” Findings in Cancellation of Removal Status of the decision. This is a Second...
United States v. Ragano: Victim State of Mind Is Not an Element of § 894 and “Entrapment-Like” FBI-Cooperation Evidence May Be Excluded Under Rule 403 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Pleading Actual Malice for Limited-Purpose Public Figures: Context, Attribution, and Disclosed Contradictions Defeat Defamation Claims Decision: McGillvary v. Rolling Stone, LLC (2d Cir. Apr. 8,...
Admissions at Reentry Can Trigger “Seeking Admission” Status for Returning LPRs Under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(13)(C)(v) Without a Final Conviction Introduction In Peralta Taveras v. Blanche (2d Cir. Apr....
Bitcoin-for-Cash Exchanges Are “Transferring Funds” Under 18 U.S.C. § 1960 I. Introduction In United States v. Goklu (2d Cir. Apr. 7, 2026), the Second Circuit affirmed the conviction of Mustafa...
Ambiguity in Shepard Materials Defeats § 924(c) Predicate for VICAR Assault with a Deadly Weapon After Davis and Borden Introduction In Campbell v. United States (2d Cir. Apr. 6, 2026) (summary...
No-Merger Rule on Rule 41(b) Dismissals: Appellate Jurisdiction Cannot Reach Prior Interlocutory Orders Case: Curry-Malcolm v. Rochester City Sch. Dist., Nos. 24-2838 (Lead), 24-2873 (Con) Court:...
UCC Statute of Frauds Bars Unwritten Supply Commitments; No § 2-309(3) Notice Liability Without an Enforceable Contract; Course of Dealing Does Not Create a Duty to Grant Order “Rollovers” Case:...
Forged Proof of Agency Authority as “Sophisticated Means” and the High Bar for Severance in Joint Fraud Trials (Second Circuit Summary Order) Case: United States v. Davidson, No. 24-448 (2d Cir. Apr....
Trustee Standing Under § 544(a) to Bring Delaware Outsider Reverse Veil-Piercing (Alter-Ego) Claims as General Claims 1. Introduction In re: Kwok (2d Cir. Apr. 6, 2026) arises from the Chapter 11...
28 U.S.C. § 1332(c)(1) Does Not Confer Diversity Citizenship on Federally Chartered Corporations Based Solely on Principal Place of Business 1. Introduction Schneiderman v. American Chemical Society...
Retaliation for an Ex-Partner’s Death Does Not Establish Asylum Nexus; Proposed Domestic-Relationship Social Groups Must Be Socially Distinct Beyond the Persecutor’s Perception 1. Introduction In...
Pending FTCA Damages Claims Rarely Justify Administrative Closure or Continuance Absent Likely Immigration-Case Impact 1. Introduction Barzallo-Andrade v. Blanche (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 2026) is a...