Weidong Sun v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III

Chinese citizen Weidong Sun petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order affirming, without opinion, an Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) June 2016 decision denying his second motion seeking to rescind a removal order entered in absentia, and to reopen proceedings (motion to rescind/reopen). See Hashmi v. Mukasey, 533 F.3d 700, 703 (8th Cir. 2008) (where BIA affirms IJ’s decision without opinion, this court reviews IJ’s decision as final agency action). Sun’s second motion to rescind/reopen was based on his claim that his second attorney provided ineffective assistance of…