OKLAHOMA CITY - Jurors and others in Judge Donald Thompson 's courtroom kept hearing a strange whooshing noise, like a bicycle pump or maybe a blood pressure cuff. Leagle.com reserves the right to edit or remove comments but is under no obligation to do so, or to explain individual moderation decisions. As the immigration debate roils the nation, NOWHERE TO HIDE examines the impact of living in fear of deportation. roughly a similar composition of cases given a sufficient number of asylum cases. If you use canonical metadata, please use the ProPublica URL. Please review only once unless you have a new experience with this judge. STEVEN AHRENDT, Warden of Bergen County Jail, Respondent, represented by. . At the completion of that sentence, on or about March 20, 2015, Petitioner was taken into custody by the United States Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"). Id. {"@type":"Review","url":"https:\/\/www.ratemyimmigrationjudge.com\/listing\/hon-donald-w-thompson-immigration-judge-new-york-federal-plaza-immigration-court\/#comment-245","datePublished":"2022-02-28T22:12:49+00:00","description":"Muy amable bueno y generoso Una gran persona \ud83d\ude4f\u2764\ufe0f","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":4.75},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Fernando"}}Muy amable bueno y generoso Una gran persona . Prosecutors said he also used a device known as a penis pump during at least four trials in the same period. His bail on six counts including three felonies totals $76,500. Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Bail on the first two counts was set at $250 each. Original Print Headline: Ex-judge jailed again; DUI, drug crimes alleged, At 88, Inhofe says he intends to still be involved in politics but admits to still suffering the long-term effects of COVID-19. Whats that sound?Thompsons former court reporter, Lisa Foster, wiped away tears as she described tracing an unfamiliar sh-sh in the courtroom to her boss. From September 2007 to April 2017, he served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in San Francisco and New York, N.Y. From 2006 to 2007, he clerked for the Honorable Estela De La Cruz of the New Jersey Superior Court. He was one of the last children left in government custody who had been affected by the administrations widely criticized zero-tolerance policy, and who were still awaiting reunification with parents detained in the United States. Not you, personally? he asked. Raines then found a small silver bottle of pills in Thompson's pocket, according to the affidavit. Brewster paused. None of them knew when and if theyd be together again least of all little Wilder. Authorities had determined soon after Maldonado entered the country that he did not qualify for asylum, but they refused to reunite him with his son while that decision was appealed because Maldonado, who lived in the United States more than a decade ago, had an old warrant for a DUI in Florida. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS Please contact. A former Creek County judge convicted of exposing himself by using a sexual device while on the bench will lose his judicial retirement pay, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Donnelly has a B.A. Other sensitive locations include schools, hospitals, funerals, weddings, and public gatherings like parades and protests. 2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (federal) The record further indicates that Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") issued its third, most recent "Decision to Continue [Petitioner's] Detention" on or about September 17, 2018. Respondent (hereinafter, "the Government") avers through the Declaration of Paralegal Specialist Elizabeth Burgess that the first of Petitioner's bond hearings before an IJ was held on March 31, 2015, at which time "the [IJ] took no action on [Petitioner's] request for bond." Sapulpa police arrested Thompson on March 3 after McClanahan-Fernandez claimed that he was peering at her through binoculars while she changed a flat tire on her car. Its okay to put our stories on pages with ads, but not ads specifically sold against our stories. Oakdale, a sleepy town of 7,600 in Louisiana, is home to a drive-through daiquiri stand, two Mexican restaurants, numerous shuttered storefronts, and, on its northeastern border, the Oakdale Immigration Court. She had, the lawyer said. Thank you for your interest in republishing this story. The Honorable Donald H. Thompson Passed away July 15, 2011 at home in the care of his loving wife, Joan. Did her return pose any risks of harm or danger, he asked? February 28, 2023 - 10:24 AM. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}. Shortly thereafter, on February 27, 2019, Petitioner filed an amended habeas pleading attaching, among other things, the Second Circuit's January 8, 2019 remand decision. From March 2006 to April 2017, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in New Orleans, La. . United States District Court, D. New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png, Editors Note From October 2009 through November 2014, he served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of the Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Fort Snelling, Minn. From January 2005 to October 2009, he was a judge advocate with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, serving in the 4th and 7th Infantry Divisions. See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2014 Thomsen ran for re-election to the 32nd Judicial Circuit Court. If shes not comfortable or if she needs to step outside at all, thats fine.. Thompson was released from jail after his arrest in January 2021, but after his conviction Thursday, Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ordered him to jail pending sentencing on July 20. (DE 11.). The image of an immigrant taking sanctuary from deportation in a church has become a sign of the times. Indeed, the Second Circuit, in connection with the PFR that Petitioner filed in November 2016, stayed Petitioner's removal on July 20, 2017; it did not lift that stay until it issued its final decision on Petitioner's PFR remanding his immigration matter in January 2019 for appropriate resolution of his CAT claim. The fates of many immigrants struggling to avoid deportation or to gain asylum are in the hands of U.S. immigration judges grappling with more than 650,000 pending cases. Don't Threaten. Of these, he granted asylum for 941, granted 9 other types of relief, and denied relief to (including forms of relief other than asylum). Please refer to our. (Id. 2015). D, 17.) It is possible that Donald W. Thompson has also worked at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Raines said Thompson admitted to drinking two beers during the evening. (quoting Demore, 538 U.S. at 529). When asylum seekers are not represented by an attorney, almost all of them (83%) are denied asylum. The Third Circuit noted that Demore emphasized that "mandatory detention pursuant to 1226(c) lasts only for a `very limited time' in the vast majority of cases," and concluded that the result in Demore "may well have been different" if the petitioner's detention had been "significantly longer than the average." Presently before the Court is Petitioner's 2241 habeas corpus petition challenging his ongoing immigration detention since March 2015 (the " 2241 Petition"). Today there are about 550 immigration judges carrying an average of almost 3,000 cases each, which makes it nearly impossible to provide anything like fair and consistent justice. Cause: 28 U.S.C. Donald W. Thompson, Immigration Judge, New York City Immigration Court. at 223-26. Almost daily whooshing soundFoster told authorities that she saw Thompson use the device almost daily during the August 2003 murder trial of a man accused of shaking a toddler to death. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Id. It's why he le, Gentner Drummond had withdrawn a legal opinion from the former attorney general, appointed by Stitt, and cautioned the state agency against th. 2 3 torreh-bayouth, lilliana 12 107 travieso, frank m. 17 94 tregerman, gwendylan e. 19 86 trimble, dan 1 35 trujillo, eileen r. 31 30 truman, phillip m. 11 137 tsankov, mimi 10 48 tuckman, dean . For The document that makes this possible is known as the sensitive locations memo. Signed in 2011 by John Morton, then-President Barack Obamas first ICE director, the memo outlines where and when immigration officers should carry out enforcement actions. On July 29, 2010, Petitioner began serving a six-year incarcerative sentence as a result of his February 5, 2010 conviction in a New York criminal court for third-degree robbery.1 (See id. Weil is a longtime immigration court judge who now supervises other judges. Thompson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003 from the College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctor in His detention now exceeds the 35 months that the Third Circuit found prolonged in Diop, 656 F.3d at 234, and his case may continue for years in light of the Second Circuit January's 2018 remand. Judge Thompson's asylum grant and denial rates are compared with other judges serving on the same court in this table. Deputy BobbyRaines said in the report he noticed Thompson driving "from one side of the lane to the other side of the lane.". (Id. From 2015 to 2017, she served as an assistant chief counsel for the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Denver, Colo. From 2012 to 2015, she was an associate general counsel at the Employee Labor Relations Unit, Office of the General Counsel, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Department of Justice (DOJ). Id. If you have questions or would like to discuss our work further, please contact: President, Judge Mimi Tsankov in New York at 720-837-8737. The largest group of asylum seekers appearing before Judge Thompson came from China. It wasnt something I was hiding, he said. But immigrant advocates and some legal experts worry the new jurists picked by the Trump Administration will spur an increase in denials of immigrants petitions to stay in the U.S. They were quite often prosecutors for the Department of Homeland Security, Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez, associate professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, said of the crop of prospective news judges. Judge Thompson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003 from the College of New Jersey and a Juris Doctor in 2006 from the Seton Hall University School of Law. The boy and his father had been separated on June 6, after they illegally crossed the border and asked for asylum. individuals claiming asylum decided during this period. ","reviewRating":{"@type":"rating","ratingValue":5},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Muneer Ahmed Memon"}}I Muneer Memon With granted asylum by a Great and Honorable JR. Judge Donald W. Thompson, Immigration on dated 12/23/2019. Thompson was arrested shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday on Oklahoma 117 at 49th West Avenue near Sapulpa after a sheriff's deputy spotted his vehicle, which had a broken tail light, weaving in lanes. Former Oklahoma district Judge Donald Thompson walks into the courthouse in Bristow, Okla., with his wife, Paula, after a recess in his trial on June 22. Immigration judges concluded a record 276,000 cases in fiscal 2019 and were on pace to close 400,000 cases in fiscal 2020 before the pandemic ground the immigration court system to a near halt. Be Truthful. Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Scott E. Thomsen as an immigration judge in March 2020. Over 2,600 immigrant children including more than 100 who were under the age of 5 were separated from their parents before a federal judge ordered the administration to end the policy and reunite the families affected. 2 38 thompson, donald w., jr. 271 98 tijerina, eric j. Former Oklahoma District Judge Donald Thompson spent almost 23 years on the bench. On November 30, 2016, Petitioner filed a Petition for Review ("PFR") in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit challenging the foregoing decisions. Before entering the courtroom, the bailiff had to gently nudge the boy through the machine, because he froze in fright at the blinking lights on its side. Immigration lawyers and advocates point to a growing number of reports of some ICE officers bending or disregarding the memos contents. "Nearly two-thirds (64%) were appointed since FY 2017," said a report by pro-migration research group TRAC Report Inc., Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a decision last Tuesday under his review authority in Matter of S-O-G-and F-E-B-, in which he clarified the authority of immigration judges to terminate or dismiss removal proceedings. He is very wise and generous man. Explore Under this approach, district courts must determine whether an individual's detention has crossed the "reasonableness" threshold, thus entitling him or her to a bail hearing. Wilder, I wish you well, he said, sending the boy off to uncertainty. The Supreme Court noted that in Demore, it distinguished 1226(c) from 1231(a)(6) (the statute at issue in Zadvydas). As the length of the detention grows, the weight given to this aspect of his detention increases."). An Associated Press analysis shows that President Donald Trump's administration has appointed at least 190 immigration judges, accounting for 43 percent of the total. He is scheduled for a July 26 initial court appearance. He was sentenced to four years in prison, but served less than half of that. L.) The Government further avers without any documentary support that "[o]n October 31, 2018, Petitioner appeared for [another] bond hearing before [an IJ], and the [IJ] took no action on Petitioner's request for release under bond." According to the arrest affidavit, Thompson's first test result was 0.09g/210L and his second was 0.08g/210L. She also filed for a protective order against him in Tulsa County in 2009, but that also was dismissed when she failed to show up in court, records indicate. See Figure3. United States District Court, D. New Jersey. Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench, is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of others. STEVEN AHRENDT, Respondent. 1226(c).2 At issue here is whether Petitioner's four-plus years of immigration detention3 has become unreasonably prolonged as to render that detention unconstitutional. When jurors asked the judge about the sound, Thompson said he hadnt heard it but would listen for it. Wilder Hilario Maldonado Cabrera was the youngest defendant on the juvenile docket that day, and he was one of the . Jennifer I. Gaz, Immigration Judge, Eloy Immigration Court. D).) In August 2015, Omar Arana Romero was hoping to be among that small minority. Judge Pealosa earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the Arizona State University Sandra Day OConnor College of Law. See Diop, 656 F.3d at 233. 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