Model Immigration Court Filings in Support of Fictional Indigenous Asylum Claim

Model immigration court filings prepared by Human Rights First attorney Andrew Feinberg in January 2025. These model filings reflect some of the most common documents and motions an attorney will file in support of a client’s asylum case in immigration court. The materials are intended to be reviewed simultaneously, as part of a single fictional case for a Guatemalan indigenous asylum claim in removal proceedings in the Ninth Circuit. The documents consist of the following:

• Model EOIR Form E-28;
• Model Form I-589;
• Model Respondent Declaration;
• Model Nexus Statement;
• Model Pre-Hearing Brief;
• Model Supplemental Documents in Support of Asylum Case;
• Model Witness List; and
• Model Motion to Permit Remote Testimony.