Legal Opinion
Rigoberto Lazo v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 1, 2006No. Docket 04-5188-agPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
An Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found Rigoberto Lazo removable, but granted discretionary relief in view of the time elapsed since Lazo’s criminal offense. By order of August 31, 2004, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) [1] overturned the IJ’s grant of discretionary relief and [2] ordered Lazo removed. Lazo petitions for review on the ground that the BIA lacks power to issue an order of removal and, if it overturns discretionary relief, it must therefore remand to the IJ for entry of the formal removal order. Because the plain statutory language commands that we treat the IJ’s finding of…
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