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· 9/1/1988

Mario Antonio Portillo Baires v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Citations

  • 856 F.2d 89
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 11879
  • 1988 WL 90256

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that an IJ must consider factors several factors when adjudicating a request for a continuance
  • holding that administrative expediency must give way to protection of fundamental rights
  • holding that administrative expediency must give way to protection of fun- damental rights
  • holding that administrative expediency must give way to protection of fundamental rights
  • holding that administrative expediency must give way to protection of fun- damental rights
  • holding that an alien has demonstrated “good cause” if a continuance is necessary to protect an alien’s pro- cedural rights, and that the BIA abuses its discretion if it denies a motion in those circumstances

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Judges: Schroeder, Reinhardt, Leavy

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