United States Ninth Circuit

The BIA violated its own precedent by looking to the strength of Honduran alien's relationship to his stepfather in denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings. In such cases, the BIA has said that "no qualifications beyond a valid marriage creating the steprelationship should be imposed."

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/09/2004
• Decided 04/07/2004
• Published 04/07/2004

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: D.W. NELSON, FISHER and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen W. Manning, Immigrant Law Group LLP, Portland, OR, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Aviva L. Poczter, United States Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.