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· 12/17/1993

Ivan Batanic v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Citations

  • 12 F.3d 662
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 32985
  • 1993 WL 523515

How courts have described this case

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

  • reminding that “the Supreme Court 13 has interpreted exceptions to the broad presumption of discharge 14 narrowly”
  • ordering nunc pro tunc relief, where such relief was required in order to allow an alien to apply for asylum
  • stating “[g]enerally speaking, procedural errors are cured by holding a new hearing in compliance with due process requirements”
  • ordering the BIA to allow the petitioner to apply for asylum to remedy the IJ’s error in proceeding with hearing without the petitioner’s attorney present
  • ordering BIA to allow petitioner to apply for asylum nunc pro tunc to remedy IJ’s error in proceeding with hearing without petitioner’s attorney present
  • granting a noncitizen asylum nunc pro tunc, when procedural defects in his removal proceeding coupled with an intervening statutory change made him otherwise ineligible for asylum

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Judges: Flaum, Ripple, Rovner

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