Legal Opinion
Lenis v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 5, 2008No. 07-13629PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners Clara Ines Lenis, her husband Orlando Herrera, and their two children Tatiana Herrera and Marlon Herrera (collectively, “Lenis”), petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA’s”) decision denying their motion for a sua sponte reopening of their case, pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(a). 1 On appeal, Lenis claims that the BIA abused its discretion in denying a request to use its sua sponte powers to reopen the underlying proceedings essentially because the agency had issued a precedential decision changing the meaning of the term “particular…
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