Maria Navarrete-Melgar v. Pamela Bondi
- Scheduled
- Argued (current)
- Opinion Issued
Propriety of Board's precedential ruling in In re Fernandes (B.I.A. 2022) as to when noncitizen forfeits claim-processing objection to charging document; other issues.
Panel
Citation
Arguing Counsel
Panel That Day
2 of 3 cases argued March 17, 2026 before this panel have been decided.
Among the uncredited panelists, Judge Gregory is the best guess, with Judge King a close second.
2 of the 3 opinions from this panel have been decided.
This is a statistical guess based on prior sittings in this dataset, not a prediction of the ruling.
Predicted Opinion Release
Likely between November 4, 2026 and August 10, 2027, with December 20, 2026 the most likely date.
Argued 225 days ago. About 91% of comparable cases would have an opinion by now — this one is trending late.
80% predictive interval from a log-logistic accelerated-failure-time model fit on 2,134 prior decided cases plus 111 currently-pending cases as right-censored evidence. Updates as days pass with no opinion. How this is calculated →