United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's dismissal of petitioner's appeal from an immigration judge's denial of his motion to reopen an in absentia removal order, the petition is granted where the BIA failed to serve petitioner's counsel of record with a hearing notice.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/09/2009
• Decided 12/21/2009
• Published 12/21/2009

Judges

• BEA, Circuit Judge:, Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marjan H. Bahmani, Esquire, Attorney, Encino, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ronald E. LeFevre, Office of the District Counsel, San Francisco, CA, John J.W. Inkeles, Esquire, Trial Attorney, M. JocelynLopez Wright, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.