Matter of NEGUSIE (Board decision, October 12, 2021)

Plain-English summary

The Attorney General directed the Board of Immigration Appeals to refer the case for review. The referral order automatically stayed the Board's decision while the Attorney General considered the matter. This short order did not decide the underlying asylum, withholding of removal, Convention Against Torture, or persecutor-bar issues. It records the procedural step that initiated Attorney General review.

Decision snapshot

• Cited authority: 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(h)(1)(i)
• Outcome: The order referred the Board's decision to the Attorney General for review and stayed it without deciding the underlying case.
• Key point: The order initiates Attorney General review but does not resolve the underlying immigration claims.

Full text (BIA official public release)

Cite as 28 I&N Dec. 399 (A.G. 2021)
Interim Decision #4029

Matter of NEGUSIE, Respondent

Decided by Attorney General October 12, 2021

U.S. Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General

BEFORE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(h)(1)(i), I direct the Board of Immigration
Appeals (“Board”) to refer this case to me for review of its decision. The
Board’s decision in this matter is automatically stayed pending my review.
See Matter of Haddam, A.G. Order No. 2380-2001 (Jan. 19, 2001).

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