United States Sixth Circuit
Barakat v. Holder, 09-3675
A Lebanese citizen's petition for review of a BIA's denial of his motion to terminate removal proceedings is granted as the BIA improperly put the burden on petitioner to prove that the state court's vacatur of his conviction was not for rehabilitative or immigration reasons, and the government failed to bear its burden of proving that petitioner's conviction was vacated for rehabilitative or immigration reasons.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/14/2010
- Decided 08/18/2010
- Published 09/14/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Maris J. Liss, Jennifer Paisner Williams