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Afsaneh Ashley Tabaddor v. Eric H. Holder Jr. et al

  1. November 03, 2015

    DOJ Settles Iranian Immigration Judge's Bias Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to lift a blanket recusal order blocking an immigration judge active in the Iranian-American community from hearing any cases involving Iranian nationals and pay her $200,000 to end a federal discrimination lawsuit, the judge's attorneys said Tuesday.

  2. April 02, 2015

    DOJ Thumbs Its Nose At Immigration Judge's Bias Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice tore into an Iranian-American immigration judge's bid to keep her discrimination and free speech case alive in California federal court on Wednesday, claiming the judge had danced around key jurisdictional issues and hadn't exhausted her bias claim in timely fashion.

  3. February 25, 2015

    Immigration Judges Slam DOJ Ban On Iranian Judge

    The National Association of Immigration Judges on Wednesday panned the U.S. Department of Justice's order to recuse a judge of Iranian descent from any immigration cases involving people from Iran, telling a California federal court that the order strikes at the integrity of the entire immigration court system.

  4. August 13, 2014

    Judge Sues DOJ For Allegedly Discriminatory Recusal Order

    An immigration judge active in the Iranian-American community on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court, alleging that a blanket recusal order preventing her from hearing cases involving Iranian nationals violates her constitutional and civil rights.