United States Third Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion to reopen her immigration proceedings is reversed where the Board of Immigration Appeals failed to substantiate its decision and impermissibly relied on a prior adverse credibility determination unrelated to plaintiff's petition for asylum.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/29/2004
• Decided 10/25/2004
• Published 10/25/2004

Judges

• Before AMBRO, ALDISERT and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Theodore N. Cox, Joshua Bardavid, (Argued), New York, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Mark C. Walters, Assistant Director, Theordore C. Hirt, (Argued), Douglas E. Ginsburg, John D. Williams, John M. McAdams, Jr., Department of Justice Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, for Respondent.