United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a removal order entered in absentia is granted where significant, unexplained gaps in the administrative record existed such that the decision of the IJ, as supplemented by the opinion of the BIA, was not supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/24/2007
• Decided 03/15/2007
• Published 03/15/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald G. Finch (argued), Phoenix, AZ, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Hillel R. Smith (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.