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ABASSI v. I.N.S.

No. 01-70846.

305 F.3d 1028 (2002)

Taufiq Moh ABASSI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Schwartz, Cooley Godward LLP, Broomfield, CO, for the petitioner.

Michael T. Dougherty and Margaret K. Taylor, Oil, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before FERNANDEZ, WARDLAW and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

Taufiq Moh Abassi petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision, which denied both his motion to reopen to seek relief under the Convention Against Torture and his separate motion to reopen to adjust status. We grant the petition with respect to the BIA's denial of the first motion, and hold that when a pro se litigant refers in his motion to "recent Country Reports (from the...

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