Fourth Circuit· 10/30/2009

Nken v. Holder

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585 F.3d 818
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 23947
2009 WL 3490877

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stating that a prior adverse credibility determination must be tied to newly submitted evidence if it serves as the basis for denying a motion to reopen
remanding “because it is not apparent from the BIA order that it considered the crux of [petitioner's] argument”
remanding where the BIA failed to explain why a strong piece of evidence provided insufficient justification for reopening the proceedings
remanding where Board denial of motion to reopen explained only that applicant had “not presented sufficient facts or evidence” to establish his claim, without addressing critical evidence offered in support (internal quotation marks omitted)
“Established precedent dictates that a court may not guess at what an agency meant to say, but must instead restrict itself to what the agency actually did say.”
“Established precedent dictates that a court may not guess at what an agency meant to say, but must instead restrict itself to what the agency actually did say.”

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Judges: Motz, King, Davis, Eastern, Virginia

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