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Amicus in Rosario v. Holder (2nd Cir. May 10, 2010)
The National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women filed an amicus brief in support of Appellant Josefa Rosario, who was wrongfully denied VAWA Cancellation of Removal. The IJ denied cancellation because there was not substantial evidence of battery and not substantial evidence of extreme hardship. The BIA affirmed the IJ. The decision was wrong…
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Amicus in Rosen v. Dai & Rosen v. Alcaraz-Enriquez (U.S. Jan. 11, 2021)
NIWAP assisted Jenner & Block LLP in developing and securing social science support in a brief filed to the Supreme Court of the United States on the question of credible testimony. The brief explained the impact of trauma on memory and ability to testify, other mental health conditions’ impact on memory and credibility, and credibility…
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Amicus in Ruiz v. Carrasco (D.C. 1997)
Amicus brief in supporting a protection order prohibiting an abusive husband from reporting his wife to government officials including (INS).
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Amicus in S.E.R.L. v. U.S. Att’y Gen. (3rd Cir. Sep. 25, 2017)
This Amicus Brief was filed by Crowell and Moring on behalf of the NIWAP, Inc and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence in the 3rd Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. The brief was filed in support for a mother of a domestic violence victim from Honduras who interceded to protect her daughter who was experiencing…
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Amicus in S.H.R. v. Rivas (Ca. Mar. 21, 2022)
NIWAP filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of California in a case in which the Court of Appeals wrongly denied an SIJS eligible child SIJS predicate findings. The amicus brief developed by Manatt, Phelps and Phillips for NIWAP detailed the legislative and regulatory history of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and discussed how the…
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Amicus in S.K.E.R v. Barr (5th Cir. Apr. 8, 2019)
NIWAP filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of a Honduran woman who was a victim of domestic violence. The brief discusses how the actions of the abuser in Honduras ranked high on the danger assessment scale and provided social science data documenting that moving out of a shared home with the abuser does not…
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Amicus in Matter of Varquero-Cubias (BIA Apr. 5, 2016)
NIWAP participated in an amicus brief filed with the BIA in a case of a battered immigrant from El Salvador who separated from her abusive boyfriend and her abuser continued to stalk, sexually assault, and threaten her for the next two years until she fled in fear of her life for the United States. The…
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Amicus in Muriel v. Meredith (Wash. July 17, 2009) 1
Amicus brief submitted in a case in which an abuser appealed the issuance of a protection order containing a prohibition against the abuser communicating with the Department of Homeland Security regarding his wife. The K & L Gates brief provided social science documentation of the harm to victims and the lethality of immigration related abuse…
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Amicus in N.Y.C.C. v. Whitaker (7th Cir. Nov. 26, 2018)
NIWAP filed an Amicus Brief in N.Y.C.C. v. Whitaker in the Seventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. This brief explained that coercive control is one of the defining characteristics of domestic violence relationship as a result leaving a shared residence with an abuser does not bring an end to the abuse. Additionally, the brief discusses…
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Amicus in Nicholson v. Williams (N.Y. Ct. App. May 2004)
Brief explaining that the Administration for Children’s Services (“ACS”) of New York City had a policy and practice of presumptively removing children from battered mothers and charging them with neglect for “engaging in domestic violence.” Under the ACS policy, children are removed and women charged simply because the mothers were victims of domestic violence, relying…
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