Legal Opinion
Qun Wang v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 21, 2005No. 04-2866PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
We have stressed previously that “[a]s judicial officers, [immigration judges] have a responsibility to function as neutral and impartial arbiters and must assiduously refrain from becoming advocates for either party.” Abdulrahman v. Ashcroft, 330 F.3d 587, 596 (3d Cir.2003). Here, we find the immigration judge (IJ) failed this basic requirement.
Petitioner Qun Wang alleges that his wife was forcibly sterilized after giving birth to a second child. The IJ found him incredible and denied him relief from deportation. The Board of Immigration Appeals…
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