Hamadi v Minister of Immigration
Aug 05, 2011OUTCOME: Granted (we were successful)
Federal Court of Canada case
West Bloomfield, MI
Immigration Lawyer at West Bloomfield, MI
Practice Areas: Immigration
OUTCOME: Granted (we were successful)
Federal Court of Canada case
OUTCOME: Granted (we were successful) landmark case
Landmark case. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that The Board of Immigration Appeals interprets a regulation promulgated by the Attorney General to provide that the Board ... lacks jurisdiction to review a motion to reopen once an alien leaves the United States, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Yet the statute that empowers the Board to consider motions to reopen says nothing about jurisdictional limitations of any kind, let alone this kind. Because this regulatory interpretation has no roots in any statutory source and misapprehends the authority delegated to the Board by Congress, the Board’s order disclaiming power to consider the motion to reopen filed by Vakhtang Pruidze must be vacated. Pruidze v. Holder, 632 F.3d 234, 235-41 (6th Cir. 2011)
OUTCOME: Decision in our favor
Complicated jurisdictional case related to a previously denied I130 family based petition