THOMPSON v. BARR

No. 18-1823.

959 F.3d 476 (2020)

Richard Marvin THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Romanovsky , Brookline, MA, with whom Romanovsky Law Offices was on brief, for petitioner.

William M. Tong , Attorney General of Connecticut, with whom Jane Rosenberg , Assistant Attorney General, and Clare Kindall , Solicitor General, were on brief, as amicus curiae for the State of Connecticut.

Trina Realmuto , Washington, DC, Kristin Macleod-Ball , Emma Winger , and American Immigration Council, as amicus curiae for the American Immigration Council.

Jessica E. Burns , Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Keith I. McManus , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.

Before Torruella, Thompson, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Richard Marvin Thompson ("Thompson") appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his motion to reopen sua sponte his immigration proceedings, alleging that the BIA committed a clear legal error. Thompson asks this Court to exercise jurisdiction to review whether the BIA clearly erred when it determined...

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