RRANCI v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U.S.

No. 06-3327.

540 F.3d 165 (2008)

Nazmi RRANCI, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed August 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Chen, Esquire, (Argued), Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, Newark, NJ, for Petitioner.

Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Richard M. Evans, Esquire, Andrew C. MacLachlan, Esquire, (Argued), Susan K. Houser, Esquire, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Baher A. Azmy, Esquire, (Argued), Lori Nessel, Esquire, Meetali Jain, Esquire, Maura Caroselli, Esquire, Seton Hall Law School, Center for Social Justice, International Human Rights/Rule of Law Project, Newark, NJ, for Amicus-Appellants.

Before SLOVITER and AMBRO, Circuit Judges RESTANI, Chief Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

Nazmi Rranci, a native of Albania, seeks relief from an Immigration Judge's order that he be removed from the United States. He petitions our Court for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal and declining to reopen his case. We decide whether the BIA erred in holding that his case cannot be reopened on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. A sub-issue is whether...

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