Dent v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the absence of an A-File “denied [the petitioner] an opportunity to fully and fairly litigate his removal and his defensive 10 III For the foregoing reasons, we will grant the petition and remand for further proceedings. citizenship claim”
• noting that although our review is generally confined to the administrative record before the BIA, this rule should not be interpreted to the point of producing absurd or unjust results
• noting that although our review is generally confined to the administrative record before the BIA, this rule should not be interpreted to the point of producing absurd or unjust results
• taking judicial notice of the existence of documents in an alien’s “A-file” on the basis that “they are official agency records”
• explaining that we may take judicial notice of agency documents
• taking judicial notice of the existence of documents in an alien’s “A-file” on the basis that “they are official agency records”

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