Matter of NEGUSIE (agency 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 Board's decision was stayed pending Attorney General review, and the case was referred to the Attorney General.
• 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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