United States Second Circuit
Ni v. Bd. of Immigration Appeals, 06-4477, 06-5239, 06-5302
Petitions for review of BIA orders denying petitioners' respective motions to reopen removal proceedings is granted where BIA erred in denying these motions by failing to support its decision with a rational explanation.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/14/2008
- Published 03/14/2008
Judges
- JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:, Before: CABRANES, POOLER, and SACK, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Gary J. Yerman, New York, NY, for Petitioner Sheng Gao Ni, No. 06-4477-ag., Theodore N. Cox, New York, NY, for Petitioner Peng-Di Zhou, No. 06-5239-ag., Thomas V. Massucci, New York, NY, for Petitioner Pin Zhou Wang, 06-5302-ag.
- For Appellees:
- John Inkeles, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice (Neil R. Gallagher, Assistant United States Attorney; Christopher J. Christie, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Respondent in 06-4477-ag., Daniel Lonergan, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice (Gina Walcott-Torres, Assistant United States Attorney; Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Respondent in 06-5239-ag., Jamie M. Dowd, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Jeffrey J. Bernstein, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Respondent in 06-5302-ag.