Legal Opinion
Chong Shin Chen v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2004No. 02-73473PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
In this petition for review, we consider whether the summary affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) violated the BIA’s streamlining regulations. We conclude that because the legal issue presented was not squarely controlled by existing BIA or federal court precedent, the BIA erred in summarily affirming the IJ’s decision: We grant the petition for review and remand the petition to the BIA.
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Chong Shin Chen, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, entered the United States without inspection on…
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