United States Second Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of minor petitioner's motion to reopen his removal proceedings and rescind his in abstentia order is granted where petitioner's uncle, into whose custody he had been released, was not served with the notice of the hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2008
• Published 07/22/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  STRAUB, WESLEY, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevi E. Dehghani, New Haven, CT, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffer R. Leist, Attorney (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, on the brief), Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.