CASE PREVIEW · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Castro-Fuentes v Blanche
Jurisdiction over standalone negative reasonable-fear challenges after removal-order reinstatement
Decided
The citation
Castro-Fuentes v Blanche, opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, issued October 27, 2026 (Case No. 25-3407)
From the case summary
In 2017, an immigration judge denied Castro-Fuentes asylum and other protection and ordered him removed. After his 2021 removal and reentry, DHS reinstated the order in 2023. In 2025, he said he feared persecution for opposing Honduras’s president; an asylum officer found no reasonable fear,…
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