RECENT RULINGS

by the United States Supreme Court

Appeals

  • Riley v. Bondi

    2024 Term of Court: Federal immigration law allows immigrants who are subject to an executive “order of removal” from the United States to appeal that order to a federal Court of Appeals, but the same law requires that they do so (if they want) “not later than 30 days after the date of the final Continue reading

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  • Bufkin v. Collins

    (decided March 5, 2025) Claimants for veterans’ benefits in proceedings before the Veteran’s Administration (the “VA”) are entitled to a “benefit of the doubt” presumption of entitlement, if the evidence presented to the VA is found to be in “an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence.” 38 U.S.C. § 5107(b). In this case, the Continue reading