Eugene Wellington v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Eugene Wellington asks this court to review and reverse the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”) affirming an immigration judge’s decision to deny Wellington’s motion to reopen his deportation proceedings. Finding a lengthy list of errors in the processing of Wellington’s application, we conclude that the BIA abused its discretion when it denied Wellington’s motion to reopen.

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Wellington was born in Zaire, but is a citizen of Sierra Leone. Wellington first entered the United States as a visitor in July 1986. In August 1989, Wellington married…