Remigio Romero-Cardoso v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
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REMIGIO ROMERO-CARDOSO,
Petitioner,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, United States
Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 21-9549
(Petition for Review)
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ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
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Before MATHESON, BACHARACH, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.
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This matter is before the court on the Government’s Unopposed Motion to
Remand to the Board of Immigration Appeals and to Stay the Briefing Schedule, by
which it requests that: (1) this court remand to the Board of Immigration Appeals
(“BIA”) for further consideration of Petitioner’s request for administrative closure, in
light of the intervening decision of Matter of Cruz-Valdez, 28 I. & N. Dec. 326 (A.G.
2021); and (2) the briefing schedule in this petition for review be stayed pending the
disposition of the motion.
* This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines
of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for
its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
September 9, 2021
Christopher M. Wolpert
Clerk of Court
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Upon consideration, the motion is granted in part. This matter is remanded to
the BIA for further consideration of Petitioner’s request for administrative closure, in
light of the intervening decision of Matter of Cruz-Valdez, 28 I. & N. Dec. 326 (A.G.
2021). Pursuant to agreement of the parties, Petitioner shall not be subject to removal
pending completion of proceedings on remand.
The motion is denied in remaining part as moot, to the extent that the
Government seeks to stay the briefing schedule in this petition for review pending the
disposition of this motion.
This petition for review is dismissed. Each party shall bear its own attorney
fees, costs, and expenses.
The mandate shall issue forthwith.
Entered for the Court
Per Curiam
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