United States Eighth Circuit

Board of Immigration Appeals order, finding petitioners to be Croatian nationals, vacated because the Board erred in failing to consider certain evidence supporting petitioners' claim that they were citizens of Bosnia rather than Croatia; holding of Croatian passport is not conclusive of citizenship, and case remanded for further consideration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2002
• Published 04/18/2002

Judges

• RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, HEANEY and RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Frager, argued, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelda C. Reyna, Department of Justice, argued, Washington, DC, for appellee.