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First Circuit· 5/21/2020

Thompson v. Barr

Citations

  • 959 F.3d 476

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that an appellee's failure to address conspicuous, nonfrivolous arguments in an appellant's opening brief can constitute waiver
  • vacating BIA decision based on conclusion that \the BIA departed from its settled course of adjudication\
  • “join[ing] the Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in holding that [it had] limited jurisdiction to review constitutional claims or errors of law that arise in motions to reopen sua sponte” (footnote omitted)
  • “[T]he plain language of § 1252(a)(2)(D) evidences congressional intent to render purely discretionary decisions reviewable for legal error.”
  • \[S]ometimes there are judicially manageable standards to apply even when the relief sought is purely discretionary -- as is the case with motions to reopen sua sponte.\
  • considering the BIA's published and unpublished decisions

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