United States Seventh Circuit

Petition to set aside a BIA order is considered where the government addressed the petition on the merits and did not mention its procedural defects, but denied where the petitioner presented no material that he would have entered into the record on his behalf had the immigration judge given him more time to state his case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/23/2006
• Decided 03/20/2006
• Published 03/20/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Guy Croteau (argued), Immigration Law Center, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Anthony W. Norwood, Terri J. Scadron, Jennifer A. Levings, Erika L. Ritt (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.