Mendez Rojas v. Wolf
Status: Settlement approved (2020)
Summary
Class-action litigation concerning notice of the one-year asylum application deadline. A 2020 settlement established notice and filing procedures and time-limited relief for qualifying class members.
Holding
As per the district court: the government's failure to provide adequate notice of the one-year asylum filing deadline and a meaningful filing mechanism violated legal requirements for affected class members.
Topics: asylum, one-year filing deadline, notice, class action
Related terms: asylum, I-589, one-year filing deadline, Mendez Rojas
Notes
The link above is the settlement agreement. The guidelines for implementation in the EOIR context is here: