Legal Opinion
Habchy v. Filip
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2009No. 07-3428PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Boutros Chafic Habchy, a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) to deny his petition to reopen his asylum case on the basis of changed country conditions in Lebanon. He claims that the BIA abused its discretion in refusing to grant the motion to reopen. We vacate the BIA’s decision and remand for new findings.
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This is not the first time that Habchy has appealed an adverse administrative decision to this court, and the procedural history of this case is lengthy. Habchy entered the United States at…
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