United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of the BIA's denial of a Pakistani petitioner's motion to reopen removal proceedings is granted and remanded where the BIA committed legal error in adopting an overly narrow interpretation of 8 C.F.R. section 1003.2(c)(3)(ii) that runs counter to the plain language of the regulation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/24/2009
• Decided 08/27/2009
• Published 08/27/2009

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before ROVNER, WOOD and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc R. Kadish, Steven C. Moeller (argued), Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey R. Meyer (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.