Decision date: 2019-10-29

Holding that, when the BIA remands a case to the IJ for background checks, the BIA decision is not a final order of removal for purposes of judicial review and thus the Court lacked jurisdiction over the petition for review under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1).

Publication Status: Published

Case judge: Diaz, Niemeyer, Wilkinson

Decision: Kouambo v. Barr, 943 F.3d 205 (4th Cir. 2019)