Legal Opinion
Kucana v. Holder
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 20, 2010No. 08-911PublishedCited by 727 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Petitioner Agron Kucana moved to reopen his removal proceedings, asserting new evidence in support of his plea *237for asylum. An Immigration Judge (IJ) denied the motion, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) sustained the IJ’s ruling, and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to review the administrative determination. For that conclusion, the court relied on a provision added to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA or Act), 66 Stat. 166, 8 U. S. C. § 1101 et seq., by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act…
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