LOPEZ-BARRIOS

Interim Decision #3135 MATTER OF LOPEZ-BARRIOS In Deportation Proceedings A-29928921 Decided by Board May 23, 1990 (1) The administrative closing procedure may not be used if it is opposed by either party to the proceedings. (2) If an immigration judge is satisfied that the notice provided to a respondent who failed to appear for a scheduled hearing was sufficient, then a hearing in absentia may be held, but if the notice was not sufficient, then termination of proceedings, not administrative closing, is appropriate. CHARGE: Orden Act of 1952—Sec. 241(a)(2) [ 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)1—Entered…