Filippov v. Blanche

── Filippov v. Blanche ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: May 04, 2026 Category: General 24-549 Filippov v. Blanche BIA Christensen, IJ A240 635 078/079/080/081 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. 1 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second 2 Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley 3 Square, in the City of New York, on the 4th day of May, two thousand twenty- 4 six. 5 6 PRESENT: 7 JOHN M. WALKER, JR., 8 RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., 9 BETH ROBINSON, 10 Circuit Judges. 11 _____________________________________ 12 13 ALEXANDR FILIPPOV, MARINA 14 FILIPPOVA, M. F., D. F., 15 Petitioners, 16 17 v. 24-549 18 NAC 19 TODD BLANCHE, ACTING UNITED 20 STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL, 21 Respondent. * *The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the caption as reflected above. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is automatically substituted for former Attorney General Pamela Bondi as Respondent.  1 _____________________________________ 2 3 FOR PETITIONERS: Stuart Goldberg, Umit Gursoy, Gursoy Law 4 Firm, P.C., Brooklyn, NY. 5 6 FOR RESPONDENT: Brian Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant 7 Attorney General; John S. Hogan, Assistant 8 Director; John F. Stanton, Trial Attorney, 9 Office of Immigration Litigation, United 10 States Department of Justice, Washington, 11 D.C. 12 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a Board of 13 Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND 14 DECREED that the petition for review is DENIED. 15 Petitioners Alexandr Filippov, his wife, and their two minor children 16 (collectively, “Filippov”), natives and citizens of Moldova, seek review of a 17 February 15, 2024, decision of the BIA affirming a June 22, 2023, decision of an 18 Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief 19 under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Filippov, et al., Nos. A 240 20 635 078/079/080/081 (B.I.A. Feb. 15, 2024), aff’g Nos. A 240 635 078/079/080/081 21 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City June 22, 2023). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the 22 underlying facts and procedural history. 2 1 We have primarily reviewed the BIA’s decision, but have considered the IJ’s 2 decision to the extent the BIA relied on it in addressing the arguments raised on 3 appeal. See Yan Chen v. Gonzales, 417 F.3d 268, 271 (2d Cir. 2005); Xue Hong Yang 4 v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 426 F.3d 520, 522 (2d Cir.