Cases & Decisions, DOJ/EOIR Cases

Attorney General States IJs May Only Grant Continuances “For Good Cause Shown”

8/16/18 AILA Doc. No. 18081671. Removal & Relief

The Attorney General (AG) found that an immigration judge may only grant a continuance of removal proceedings “for good cause shown” and outlined the good-cause standard. Further, the AG vacated the Board’s orders declining to entertain these appeals and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.. Matter of L-A-B-R-, et al., 27 I&N Dec. 405 (A.G. 2018)

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 18081671.