United States First Circuit

The Board of Immigrant Appeal's denial of a motion to reopen where the Immigrant Judge's rejection of the motion for continuance as a reason to reopen was arbitrary and capricious is vacated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2003
• Published 04/08/2003

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and CYR and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Derege B. Demissie with whom Doherty & Demissie was on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janice K. Redfern, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Christopher C. Fuller, Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief for respondent.