XIU ZHEN LIN v. MUKASEY

No. 07-3719.

532 F.3d 596 (2008)

XIU ZHEN LIN and Jia Hui Shi, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Yerman, Kevin Sabatello (argued), Yerman & Associates, New York, NY, for Petitioners.

Jeffery R. Leist (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The female petitioner and her son (whose opposition to removal is derivative from his mother's and therefore need not be discussed separately) are Chinese citizens who in 2001 were ordered removed to China. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the order the following year. For unexplained reasons, the order was not executed, and four and a half years later the petitioner asked the Board to reopen the removal proceeding on the ground that...

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