Tenth Circuit· 5/14/2020

Reyes-Vargas v. Barr

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958 F.3d 1295

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holding the court had jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that the IJ lacked jurisdiction to reopen
refusing to construe an IJ’s powers in a way that “would cast the IJ as an advocate, not a neutral decisionmaker”
“[W]e do not have jurisdiction to consider a petitioner’s claim that the [Board] should have sua sponte reopened the proceedings because there are no standards by which to judge the agency’s exercise of discretion.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
discussing similar regulation governing motions to reopen made to IJ
“Both the IJ and the Board rendered a decision in this case, but because a single member of the Board affirmed the IJ’s decision in a brief order, we review the Board’s opinion rather than the decision of the IJ.” (internal quotation marks, alterations, and citation omitted

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