United States Ninth Circuit

The summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge's decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) violates the BIA's streamlining regulations where the legal issue presented was not squarely controlled by existing BIA or federal court precedent.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/15/2004
• Decided 08/10/2004
• Published 08/10/2004

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before WALLACE, KOZINSKI, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan Sampson, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ethan B. Kanter and Regina Byrd, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.