Doissaint v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the BIA’s failure to consider petitioner’s argument was a “legal error”
• “In reviewing the decision of the BIA, we consider only the grounds relied upon by that agency.” (citation omitted)
• A “motion to reopen ... is purely fact-based, seeking to present newly discovered facts or changed circumstances since a petitioner’s hearing.” (emphasis omitted)
• “In reviewing the decision of the BIA, we consider only the grounds relied upon by that agency.” (quoting Andia v. Ashcroft, 359 F.3d 1181, 1184 (9th Cir. 2004)) (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).