United States Ninth Circuit
Doissaint v. Mukasey, 06-73218, 06-75390
When the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) commits legal error in a petitioner's direct appeal, the BIA cannot cure that error in a denial of the petitioner's motion to reopen.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/07/2008
- Decided 08/18/2008
- Published 08/18/2008
Judges
- GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before: ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, SUSAN P. GRABER, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Christopher Strawn, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Deitz P. Lefort and Lyle D. Jentzer, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.