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Amicus in In re R-A- (BIA Jan. 21, 2000)
Amicus brief by one hundred in support of Petitioner Rodi Alvarado Pena. The brief argues that the Board erred in refusing to acknowledge that domestic violence can be on account of gender, which is sufficient for membership in a particular social group for asylum.
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Amicus in In the Matter of Cabezas (AAO July 28, 2010)
Esteban Cabezas appealed to USCIS AAO a denial of a VAWA self-petition by the USCIS Vermont Service Center. The amicus argued that USCIS misapplied the any credible evidence standard by describing his evidence as not satisfactory because it was unclear. The amicus argued that extreme cruelty was present and that USCIS erroneously rejected evidence of…
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Amicus in Guimaraes v. Brann (Tex. May 8, 2019)
NIWAP, represented by KL Gates, served as lead amicus on a brief before the Texas Supreme Court. The amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of a woman who fighting for complete custody and the ability to keep her child in Brazil away from the child’s father, who had abused the mother. The mother won…
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Amicus in Harrison v. Harrison (Ky. Feb. 11, 2002)
Amicus Brief explaining misuse of protection orders to penalize victims and discourage them from seeking legal relief, “mutual” protection orders as contrary to public policy, and the safety of DV victims as directly related to batterer responsibility enforced in the legal system (KY Cir. Feb. 11, 2002).
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Amicus in Assefa Birru v. Wilkinson (9th Cir. Jan. 21, 2021)
NIWAP, represented by Baker McKenzie, is lead amicus in a brief on behalf of an immigrant domestic violence victim who is seeking relief under the Violence Against Women Act’s domestic violence victim waiver in her VAWA cancellation of removal case. The Board of Immigration Appeals and the immigration judge denied her the ability to present…
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Amicus in Blondin v. Dubois (2nd Cir. 2000)
NOW LDEF filed an amicus brief in support of a mother’s child custody against a challenge under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction U.S.C. Section 11601 by the father, a resident of France (2nd Cir. 2000).
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Amicus in Cazorla v. Koch Foods (5th Cir. Oct. 22, 2015)
In an employment action, the discovery of U visa case file was limited because the court was concerned that full discovery might intimidate individual claimants, compromise the U visa program, and law enforcement efforts more broadly. The Fifth Circuit directed the district court to craft an approach to discovery that ensures identifying information about individual…
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Amicus in Cazorla v. Koch Foods of Miss. and EEOC v. Koch Foods of Miss. (5th Cir. Sep. 27, 2016)
NIWAP Inc. led national amicus brief that provided legislative history of the VAWA confidentiality provisions and the U visa and discussed the public policy effects on victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other crimes if discovery of VAWA confidentiality protected information is allowed from either the EEOC or the individual victim workers…
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Amicus in Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-00881-JBW (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 16, 2012)
NIWAP served as lead amicus in the first VAWA Confidentiality appeal of denial of a criminal court discovery order. This was a case in which a domestic violence perpetrator who was being prosecuted for domestic violence sought discovery under Brady and W.M.V.Crio of the VAWA confidentiality protected VAWA self-petition immigration case filed by his battered…
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Amicus in EEOC v. Koch Foods (5th Cir. Oct. 22, 2015)
NIWAP Inc. led national amicus brief that provided legislative history of the VAWA confidentiality provisions and the U visa and discussed the public policy effects on victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other crimes if discovery of VAWA confidentiality protected information is allowed from either the EEOC or the individual victim workers…
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