Legal Opinion
Kaweesa v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 9, 2006No. 04-2548PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This case was originally transferred here by the district court for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying Petitioner Juliette N. Kaweesa’s Third Motion to Reopen proceedings following an in absentia removal order. The passage of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231, changed the scope of our review and put before us Kaweesa’s claims regarding her First Motion to Reopen. After careful consideration we reverse and remand.
I. Factual Background and Proceedings Below 1
Kaweesa served as a Christian minister in a well-known…
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