United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a removal order is granted and the matter remanded to the BIA where the court is unable to determine from the BIA's conclusory statement whether it abused its discretion by refusing to accept petitioner's late brief.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/01/2007
• Decided 06/21/2007
• Published 06/21/2007

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Courtney M. Oliva, Latham & Watkins, Geoffrey Heeren (argued), Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


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