In addition to extensive litigation work with DHS and DOJ, Bean, Lloyd, Mukherji, & Taylor already has decades of experience with federal court appeals of removal orders called Petitions for Review. Partner Jesse Lloyd also has successfully represented clients in district court in the past, but for years BLMT stopped taking new district court cases to focus on other areas of immigration law.
Recently, however, we have expanded our federal litigation practice, and can now offer the following services:
- Petitions for habeas corpus– for foreign nationals seeking release from unlawful detention, usually including motions requesting release from detention while the case is pending.
- Preparing to fight potential future detention– those wanting to fight potential detention at upcoming DHS appointments may wish to either file a “predeprivation” petition for habeas corpus petition beforehand, or have one ready to file within hours if they are detained.
- Mandamus petitions– seeking a court order for DHS to adjudicate a long-delayed application.
- Appeals of denied applications.
Though we only resumed our federal litigation practice in March, our clients have already had successful results. Before engaging a law firm for any of these services, it is important to discuss potential options in detail with a lawyer, and to understand that attorneys cannot guarantee a specific result. These tools, however, can be powerful protections for foreign nationals’ rights at a time when they are most threatened.