Ninth Circuit· 6/18/2009

Brezilien v. Holder

Citations

569 F.3d 403
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 13260
2009 WL 1694212

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holding that an alien did not exhaust his right to counsel claim because he failed to complain to the IJ about his counsel’s absence
holding that 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(d)(3)(iv) unambiguously “requires the BIA to remand the factual inquiry to the IJ rather than making its own factual finding on the matter”
holding petitioner properly exhausted issue because it was raised '[i]n his final brief before the BIA'
discussing the requirement that a petitioner must exhaust an improper factfinding claim before the BIA
remanding where “[t]he BIA improperly relied upon its own factual findings to conclude that Brezilien had not established a well-founded fear of future persecution”
“Because Brezilien failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as to this alleged procedural error, we lack jurisdiction to review it.”

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Judges: Paez, Berzon, Baer

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