PEREZ-ANDRADE

Citations

• 19 I. & N. Dec. 433

Syllabus

PEREZ-ANDRADE, 19 I&N Dec. 433 (BIA 1987) ID 3025 (PDF) (1) A request for a continuance was properly denied by the immigration judge because the respondents did not show good cause for a continuance. (2) A deportation hearing was properly held in absentia where the respondents, without reasonable cause, failed to appear for the hearing. (3) In the absence of a brief in support of their appeal, a reasonable explanation for the respondents' failure to appear for the hearing or a demonstration that they were prejudiced in any manner, a summary dismissal of the appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R. 3.1(d)(1-a)(iv) (1987) is appropriate.