Legal Opinion
Bruno Rodriguez-Manzano v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2012No. 09-60795PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
Rodriguez-Manzano appeals both the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA’s”) dismissal of his initial appeal of the denial of his motion to reopen his deportation proceedings because of ineffective assistance of counsel and its denial of his motion for reconsideration. We AFFIRM the denial of Rodriguez-Manzano’s initial motion to reopen. We REVERSE the BIA’s denial of Rodriguez-Manzano’s motion for reconsideration, however, because it abused its discretion by ignoring its own precedent to require Rodriguez-Manzano to show that he had exercised due diligence…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- LOZADABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- Hekmat Wadih Mikhael v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Kuang-Te Wang v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Gomez-Palacios v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Santiago Nahun Ontunez-Tursios v. John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
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