Legal Opinion

Garcia Martinez

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided August 8, 2025No. ID 4114Published

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29 I&N Dec. 169

(BIA 2025) Interim Decision #4114 Matter of Luis Angel GARCIA MARTINEZ, Respondent Decided August 8, 2025 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) A non-detained alien who is represented by private counsel is presumed to have the ability to pay any requisite filing fee before the Immigration Judge and the Board. (2) A fee waiver request from a non-detained adult alien that contains zeros in all income blocks is presumptively invalid. FOR THE RESPONDENT: Mario Acosta, Jr., Esquire, Santa Fe Springs, California…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Williams v. RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  2. Robert Lumbert v. Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  3. In Re AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. In Re NuttallUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 2005
  5. JIMENEZ-CEDILLOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2017

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