In re Gutierrez

1 Analyses of this admin-law by attorneys

  1. BIA: IJ can’t terminate removal proceedings based on TPS grant; decision threatens to increase court backlog

    University of Denver Sturm College of LawNovember 29, 2010

    The respondent, the BIA adds, “may request that her case be administratively closed, which requires agreement of both parties.” Matter of Sosa Ventura, 25 I&N Dec. at 396 (citing Matter of Gutierrez-Lopez, 21 I&N Dec. 479, 480 (BIA 1996)).This decision threatens to increase the backlog that already plagues immigration court dockets by severely limiting the ability of IJ’s to remove cases off their dockets when there is clearly no chance that the person will be removed from the country.