Legal Opinion

L-A-B-R

Board of Immigration Appeals

Decided July 1, 2018No. ID 3933PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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27 I&N Dec. 405

(A.G. 2018) Interim Decision #3933 Matter of L-A-B-R- et al., Respondents Decided on August 16, 2018 U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (1) An immigration judge may grant a motion for a continuance of removal proceedings only “for good cause shown.”

8 C.F.R. § 1003.29. (2) The good-cause standard is a substantive requirement that limits the discretion of immigration judges and prohibits them from granting continuances for any reason or no reason at all. (3) The good-cause standard requires consideration and balancing of multiple relevant factors…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Dairl Johnson Claudine Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  3. Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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