United States First Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings is granted where the BIA applied an inappropriate legal standard in determining whether or not petitioner had received notice of the removal hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2007
• Published 09/14/2007

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stanley H. Cooper, on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Zanfardino, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.