AMICO

Interim Decision #3063 MATTER OF AMICO In Deportation Proceedings A-30164305 Decided by Board April 21, 1.988 (1) "Administrative closing" is merely an administrative convenience which allows the removal of cases from the calendar in certain situations, without the entry of a final order. (2) Where, after several hearings and continuances, the respondent failed to appear at a rescheduled hearing to pursue an application for relief from deportation, the immigration judge should not have administratively closed the case, but rather should have held a hearing in absentia and entered a final…