ANTHONY DOMINGUEZ

Partner

Anthony Dominguez joined Prada Dominguez PLLC as a partner in January 2020. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Anthony moved to Miami in 2011 where he discovered his passion of helping immigrants while volunteering and then working at Americans for Immigration Justice, in both the Lucha Project and Detention Team. After serving as the federal litigation paralegal at another private law firm, Anthony graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 2017.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Anthony drafted the appellate brief in Perez v. USCIS, 774 F.3d 960 (11th Cir. 2014), which defined the scope of the jurisdictional bar of 8 US.C. § 1152(a)(2)(B)(ii) in Cuban Adjustment Cases before USCIS.

As an attorney, Anthony has successfully represented his clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Immigration Courts around the country. Anthony has experience litigating complaints for mandamus, declaratory and injunctive relief, APA Judicial Review, and writs of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Courts for both the Southern and Middle District of Florida and has argued at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on multiple occasions.

ADMISSIONS

Supreme Court of Florida
U.S. District Courts for:
- The Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
- Western District of Texas
The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuits

EDUCATION

University of Miami School of Law, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude
College of Wooster, History, Cum Laude
Florida International University, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

PRECEDENT DECISIONS

Perez v. USCIS, 774 F.3d 960 (CA11 2014)
Rendon v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 972 F.3d 1252 (CA11 2020)
Hincapie-Zapata v. U.S. Att'y Gen, 977 F.3d 1197 (CA11 2020)
Camarena v. Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 988 F.3d 1268 (CA11 2021)
Romero v. Sec’y, U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 20 F.4th 1374 (CA11 2021)
HLopez Morales v. U.S. Att’y Gen., No. 20-14054 (CA11 2022)

IMPACT LITIGATION

Rabelo v. Mayorkas, no. 21-23213 (S.D. Fla. 2022) (forcing USCIS to recognize the parole status of Cuban arriving aliens released with an I-220A)
Gayle et al., v. Director, Miami Field Office, no. 20-cv-21553 (S.D. Fla. 2020) (COVID Litigation in South Florida which ultimately led to a 25% reduction in detention capacity at Krome, BTC, and Glades County Detention Facility, as well as improved sanitary conditions and judicial oversight for detainees during the pandemic)
Commandant et al., v. District Director, USCIS, no. 20-cv-23630 (S.D. Fla. 2020) (filed August 31, 2020), no. 21-10372 (11th Cir. 2021) (litigation leading to USCIS PM-602-0188, Recission of Matter of Z-R-Z-C- as Adopted Decision; agency interpretation of authorized travel by TPS beneficiaries, July 1, 2022)
Camarena v. Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 988 F.3d 1268 (CA11 2021) (stay decision leading to over 20 injunctions or temporary restraining orders in federal courts around the country between 2020 and 2021 to stop the deportation of clients and to allow them to complete the provisional waiver process inside the United States)
6901 Coral Way Management, LLC v. Cuccinelli, no. 6:20-cv-01464 (M.D. Fla. 2020) (litigation leading to temporary restraining order to keep pending adjustment application from being adjudicated and finding jurisdiction to review the revocation of an I-140 Petition for Immigrant Worker).