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· 11/26/2008

Zheng v. Attorney General of the United States

Citations

  • 549 F.3d 260
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 24311
  • 2008 WL 5006072

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “the BIA must actually consider the evidence and argument that a party presents” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • explaining that the BIA has “ ‘a duty to explicitly consider any country conditions evidence submitted by an applicant that materially bears on his’ ” or her claim
  • remanding because the BIA \fail[ed] to discuss most of the evidentiary record\ for both petitioners
  • vacating denial of motion to reopen where the BIA “did not mention” numerous documents included in the petitioner’s motion
  • finding abuse of discretion where the BIA did not mention Petitioner’s affidavits, city letters, or other documents submitted by Petitioner
  • remanding where BIA failed to discuss, inter alia, evidence that pre-dated one petitioner’s final order of removal

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Judges: Sloviter, Greenberg, Irenas

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