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052753P.pdf 07/21/2006 Genet Hailemichael v. Alberto Gonzales
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-2753
Agency
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Petition for Review - Immigration. Immigration Judge abused her
discretion when she reopened petitioner's removal proceedings and the
case must be remanded so that BIA can reexamine the decision to reopen
and state explicitly on the record how the evidence adduced by the
Department of Homeland Security satisfied the requirements of 8 C.F.R.
Sec. 3.23(b)(3); in order to prove fraud, Homeland Security must prove
not only that the testimony the petitioner supplied was false, but that she
was knew it was false; here, the IJ erred in finding Homeland Security
had proven fraud when it failed to address the question of whether
petitioner knew she was testifying falsely when she testified her husband
was imprisoned; court lacked jurisdiction to review the IJ's denial of
petitioner's application for adjustment of status.