Iglesias v. Mukasey

How courts have described this case

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• noting that a petitioner has no liberty or property interest in discretionary relief and concluding that “a claim that the BIA has completely ignored the evidence put forth by a petitioner is an allegation of legal error” (emphasis added)
• finding jurisdiction to review denial of motion to reopen where Board completely ignored evi- dence that supported motion, but denying relief where legal error was harmless
• finding jurisdiction existed in the court of appeals pursuant to Section 1252(a)(2)(D) to review BIA decisions for legal errors
• finding jurisdiction to review denial of motion to reopen where Board completely ignored evi- dence that supported motion, but denying relief where legal error was harmless
• “[T]he BIA does not have to write an exegesis on every contention, [though] it must consider the issues raised.... ”
• “a claim that the BIA has completely ignored the evidence put forth by a petitioner is an al- legation of legal error”

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