MAYO v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-2368.

317 F.3d 867 (2003)

Geronima MAYO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Breitman, argued, Bloomington, MN, for petitioner.

Michael T. Dougherty, U.S. Dept. of Justice, argued, Washington, DC, (Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Richard M. Evans, on the brief), for respondent.

Before WOLLMAN, LAY, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

Geronima Mayo appeals a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) finding that she is not eligible for admission into the United States. The BIA reversed an immigration judge's ruling that found Mayo did not materially misrepresent herself and was thus eligible to enter the country. We hold the BIA did not set forth sufficient grounds for rejecting the immigration judge's credibility determinations. We thus reverse and remand to the...

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