Legal Opinion
Amarjit Singh v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 18, 2004No. 18-16100PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Amarjit Singh petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. Recharacterizing it as a “motion to reconsider,” the BIA denied Singh’s motion. We grant the petition for review because we hold that the BIA abused its discretion in denying Singh’s motion to reopen.
I. Background
Singh is a Sikh and a native and citizen of India. In September 1998, Singh testified before an immigration judge (“IJ”) that he had been arrested in India three times in 1994 and 1995 for suspected…
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