Sheng Gao Ni v. Board of Immigration Appeals

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

The captioned petitions, which another panel of this Court ordered to be heard in tandem, present a common question for our review: whether the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) errs or “abuses its discretion” 1 when it denies a motion to reopen removal proceedings, filed by an asylum applicant seeking an adjustment of status before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), on the ground that the BIA lacks jurisdiction over the adjustment application. We have jurisdiction over these petitions pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Because the BIA did…