United States Second Circuit

In a petition for review of an order of the BIA affirming a determination that the petitioner was not legitimated pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section 1431(a), petition is granted and remanded with requests for: 1) clarification on precisely how the BIA interprets the concept of legitimation as it is used in section 1101(c)(1); and 2) justification for how the BIA arrived at that particular interpretation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2011
• Published 05/31/2011

Judges

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• RICHARD W. MARK, DANA M. CAMILLERI