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Second Circuit – Immigration law: Ramsay v. Bondi
Daily Record Staff//April 7, 2026//
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Immigration law — Relief from removal — Narcotic drug
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Judges Cabranes, Parker, and Lohier
Background: The petitioner sought review of the Bord of Immigration Appeals decision denying his motion to reopen based on a change in law that entitles him to relief from removal. The petition was denied on the basis that he failed to act with reasonable due diligence.
Ruling: The Second Circuit granted the petition. The court held that the BIA’s decision relied upon a misreading of the petitioner’s arguments. The petitioner was not asserting a fundamental change in law but rather a careful reading of precedent regarding the categorization of a narcotic drug as overbroad and indivisible.
Matthew A. Lembo, of Perkins Coie, for the petitioner; Brett F. Kinney, of the U.S. Department of Justice, for the respondent.
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