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· 4/8/2005

Mathias Njang Etchu-Njang v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America, 1

Citations

  • 403 F.3d 577
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 5669
  • 2005 WL 783098

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that “the doctrine of issue exhaustion serves the salutary purpose of giving the agency an opportunity to address the disputed issue in the first instance”
  • concluding that even if counsel was ineffective, there was no due process violation because applicant has no constitutionally protected liberty interest in cancellation-of-removal relief
  • recognizing that \the doctrine of issue exhaustion serves the salutary purpose of giving the agency an opportunity to address the disputed issue in the first instance\
  • holding exhaustion not required because motion to reopen is not relief available as of right
  • noting that 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(c) requires an alien to exhaust both administrative remedies and issues before judicial review and citing cases in support
  • explaining that the similar doctrine of issue exhaustion in general \serves the salutary purpose of giving the agency an opportunity to address the disputed issue in the first instance\

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Judges: Wollman, Magill, Colloton

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