Sarama

Sarama v. Holder

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360 F. App'x 831
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 29, 2009No. 08-73724California329 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Ghaleb Sarama, a native of Jordan and citizen of Israel, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“U”) decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We grant the petition for review and remand.

*832 The BIA determined that Sarama’s failure to submit fingerprints was a sufficient reason to deny his application for relief. The BIA, however, did not have the benefit of our intervening decision in Cui v. Mukasey, 538 F.3d 1289 (9th Cir.2008) (holding IJ’s denial of petitioner’s request for a continuance constituted an abuse of discretion where law governing fingerprint requirement was unclear and uncertain, and IJ did not warn petitioner that failure to submit new fingerprints in advance of merits hearing could result in pretermission of her claims). The government contends this case should be remanded for the BIA to reconsider its dismissal of Sara-ma’s appeal in light of Cui , and we agree. See id. at 1292-95 ; see also Karapetyan v. Mukasey, 543 F.3d 1118, 1129-32…

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