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Supreme Court· 6/15/2015

Reyes Mata v. Lynch

Citations

  • 576 U.S. 143
  • 135 S. Ct. 2150
  • 192 L. Ed. 2d 225
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 3919
  • 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 348
  • 83 U.S.L.W. 4434

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  • recognizing that Courts of Appeals have held they generally lack authority to review the BIA’s discretionary sua sponte reopening decision
  • holding that courts have jurisdiction over a BIA’s preliminary ruling that a motion to reopen is untimely or “falls short in some other respect”
  • holding that courts have jurisdiction over a BIA’s preliminary ruling that a motion to reopen is untimely or “falls short in some other respect”
  • recognizing that Courts of Appeals have held they generally lack authority to review the BIAʹs discretionary sua sponte reopening decision
  • holding that courts have jurisdiction to review the BIA's refusal to exercise its sua sponte power to reopen cases
  • recognizing that “when a federal court has jurisdiction, it also has a virtually unflagging obligation to exercise that authority”

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Judges: Kagandelivered, Thomas

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