United States First Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals' affirmance without opinion of an IJ's order denying plaintiff's claims for relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1101, is reversed where the decision provides an inadequate basis for judicial review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/25/2003
• Published 11/25/2003

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before HOWARD, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel F. Cashman, with whom Cashman & Lovely, P.C., and Susanna L. Shafer, were on brief for Petitioner., Beth J. Werlin, with whom Mary A. Kenney, Nadine K. Wettstein, were on brief for American Immigration Law Foundation, Iris Gomez, was on brief for Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and Harvey Kaplan, with whom Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, were on brief for American Immigration Lawyers Association, New England Chapter, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Virginia M. Lum, Attorney, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, were on brief for Respondent.