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Uong v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
May 2, 2016
649 F. App'x 507 (9th Cir. 2016)

Opinion

No. 15-70301

05-02-2016

LEAKHANA UONG, AKA Leakhana Mamuth, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Agency No. A059-523-890 MEMORANDUM On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Leakhana Uong, a native and citizen of Cambodia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying her motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. Mohammed v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 785, 791 (9th Cir. 2005). We grant the petition for review.

The BIA abused its discretion in denying Uong's motion to reopen on the ground that her evidence "merely list[ed] the same address" as her spouse, where she provided substantially more evidence of the bona fides of her marriage than the BIA's decision indicated. See 8 U.S.C. § 1255(e)(3). We remand for the agency to redetermine whether Uong has presented clear and convincing evidence of a bona fide marriage.

PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.


Summaries of

Uong v. Lynch

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
May 2, 2016
649 F. App'x 507 (9th Cir. 2016)
Case details for

Uong v. Lynch

Case Details

Full title:LEAKHANA UONG, AKA Leakhana Mamuth, Petitioner, v. LORETTA E. LYNCH…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: May 2, 2016

Citations

649 F. App'x 507 (9th Cir. 2016)