Jingshan Li v. Pamela Bondi

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JINGSHAN LI, No. 18-70278

Petitioner, Agency No.

A077-094-679

v.

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General, OPINION

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted October 17, 2023 Pasadena, California

Filed June 10, 2025

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Daniel P. Collins, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Sanchez; Dissent by Judge Collins SUMMARY*

Immigration

Granting Jingshan Li’s petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his motion to reopen, the panel concluded that the Board abused its discretion by failing to offer a reasoned explanation for its determination that it cannot or should not review claims of ineffective assistance of counsel before a different tribunal, and remanded. In 2002, the Board affirmed an immigration judge’s order of removal. Li’s former counsel filed a petition for review in this court, but failed to file an opening brief, and the court dismissed Li’s petition for failure to prosecute. In…