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District of confinement, immediate custodian, pending transfers, and which detention provision the government is actually asserting.
Separating the custody question from the removal order, exhaustion, and whether an IJ has bond authority at all.
Seven statutory and constitutional theories to test, plus how to plan for the government's frame. Flags where the Fifth Circuit's recent line has narrowed things.
Whether you need a TRO alongside the petition, and what the record has to show before you ask for one.
Federal habeas has moved from a specialty practice to something family and humanitarian practitioners are asked to handle on short notice. A client gets detained and the question arrives that week.
This checklist is built to sit next to you on the first call, when you have a facility name, a partial story, and no time. It also includes twelve items to get from the family while you still have them on the phone.
Writing the petition is work you already know how to do. Deciding whether this case belongs in district court, which theories survive in your circuit, and whether it is an emergency is the part that eats an evening.
Whether the case fits federal habeas, and the most viable procedural and substantive paths, with jurisdiction- and circuit-specific guidance.
Helps organize possible statutory and constitutional theories for attorney review, based on the confirmed facts, procedural posture, and governing circuit.
Whether the case fits emergency relief or a TRO, and which evidentiary and procedural gaps to close first.
VAWA self-petitions, U and T visas, humanitarian parole, I-601 and I-601A waivers, and non-LPR cancellation of removal.
Every skill returns a structured starting point for attorney review, not a filing. The platform runs against a closed corpus of immigration law rather than the open web, and it does not decide your case for you.
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We use trusted data and purpose-built AI to help immigration lawyers work more efficiently, stay accurate as regulations shift, and practice with confidence and integrity.
Answers are grounded in immigration-law sources, not the open web.
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Four gates and a first-call ask list, in three pages. Free, no call required.
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Book a DemoThis checklist is general practice information for licensed attorneys. It is not legal advice, it does not create an attorney-client relationship, and it is not a substitute for independent research. Confirm all authorities and local procedures in the district of confinement before filing.