United States Tenth Circuit

Plaintiff unsuccessfully seeks to reopen asylum proceedings. The IJ properly refused to rescind the removal order entered in absentia because plaintiff did not demonstrate that his failure to appear at his scheduled hearing was due to exceptional circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/29/2003
• Published 12/29/2003

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, BRISCOE, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce Bowman, Palos Verdes, CA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, Allen W. Hausman, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.