An Eastern District court held that federal jurisdiction-stripping provisions barred an APA challenge to USCIS’s dismissal of an asylum application tied to expedited removal.
An Eastern District court gave the Labor Department until December 30, 2026 to replace its invalid H-2A wage rule and scheduled vacatur for the same date.
A Northern District court held that allegations of an imminent landslide danger defeated a property owner’s claim to notice before Santa Clara County’s emergency abatement work.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld DHS’s nursing-facility inflation methodology while clarifying how state courts evaluate an agency’s reading of its own ambiguous regulation.
A divided Ninth Circuit panel reversed. The majority held that the 1934 adjudication comprehensively determined the relative rights to the creek system and that the present suit seeks administration of those established rights.
A Southern District of California court rejected current visa-delay claims and held that a citizen parent has no due-process right to obtain visas for adult sons.
The court reversed a Social Security disability denial and required renewed review, including a proper decision on late evidence.
A federal court reversed a disability denial because the agency did not properly analyze whether substance use was material.
The court reversed a disability denial but ordered further proceedings because medical conflicts and work-history questions remained.
The court remanded a disability claim and required meaningful medical development, including best efforts to obtain a physician examination.
The court ordered a new disability hearing after finding errors in the severity analysis and rejection of claimant testimony.
The court remanded because the ALJ failed to account for mild mental limitations and adequately evaluate medical-opinion evidence.
A Northern District court reversed an SSI denial because the agency inadequately assessed medical evidence and failed to resolve major discrepancies in national job estimates.
A Central District court reversed a disability denial because the agency relaxed physical restrictions preserved by an earlier judicial remand without adequate justification.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court held that DALA may decide a provider dispute over EOHHS’s interpretation of a valid rate regulation and that a 23-year delay did not require dismissal.
The Commonwealth Court held that emailed administrative appeals were timely filed because DHS regulations allow receipt “in another manner” beyond postal delivery.
The Commonwealth Court set aside an upset tax sale because the bureau failed to use readily available county records to locate the owner after certified notice was returned.
The court affirmed a disability-benefits denial because substantial evidence and valid credibility reasons remained despite limited errors in the ALJ’s analysis.
A disability denial was reversed because the ALJ misread medical testimony and improperly treated travel as proof of six-hour standing and walking capacity.
A visa application in administrative processing remained judicially reviewable, but the family had not yet alleged an unreasonable agency delay.
A federal district court affirmed the denial of SSI disability benefits, holding that documented evidence of malingering excused the ALJ from needing “clear and convincing” reasons to discount the claimant’s testimony.
A federal judge ruled the No Surprises Act gives out-of-network providers no right to sue in court to enforce arbitration awards against health plans like Blue Shield of California.
A federal magistrate judge reversed and remanded a Social Security disability denial because the ALJ’s decision never addressed the claimant’s mother’s testimony about her frequent, fluid-triggered need to self-catheterize.
A federal magistrate judge ruled that ICE violated due process by re-detaining a noncitizen without notice before locking him up, but ordered only a prompt bond hearing rather than immediate release given his post-release arrest record.