United States Third Circuit
Zheng v. Attorney Gen. of the US, 07-3122, 07-3199
In consolidated opinion concerning similar cases brought by Chinese petitioners who based their motions on allegations that there had been changed circumstances in China from those extant at the time of the denial of their applications for asylum, the BIA's denial of the petitioners' respective motions to reopen is vacated and remanded to the BIA for further proceedings, where procedural deficiencies existed in the previous BIA proceedings.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/27/2008
- Decided 11/26/2008
- Published 11/26/2008
Judges
- Before: SLOVITER and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges, and IRENAS, District Judge.
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Gary J. Yerman (argued), Yerman & Associates, New York, NY, for Petitioner in Nos. 07-3122/07-3199.
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent in Nos. 07-3122/07-3199., Michael P. Lindemann, Richard M. Evans, Ethan B. Kanter (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent in No. 07-3122., Carol Federight, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, M. Jocelyn Lopez-Wright, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Eric W. Marstellar (argued), Paul F. Stone, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent in No. 07-3199.