Legal Opinion
Mauro Antonio Cano-Merida v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2002No. 01-71423PublishedCited by 596 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TROTT, Circuit Judge.
Mauro Antonio Cano-Merida (“Cano”) petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) order affirming the immigration judge’s denial of his motion to reconsider. 1 Cano argues he was denied a meaningful opportunity to present his asylum application. We agree. We grant Cano’s petition, in part, and remand to the BIA with instructions to order a new hearing before the immigration judge (“IJ”).
Cano also petitions for review of the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen to seek relief under the Convention Against Torture. Because the BIA did not abuse its…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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