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The Attorney General vacated the decision in Matter of Compean, Bangaly & J-E-C-, 24 I&N Dec. 710 (A.G. 2009), and pending the outcome of a rulemaking process, directed the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration Judges to continue to apply the previously established standards for reviewing motions to reopen based on claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Review by the Attorney General of its decision in the Matter of J-S (BIA 2006). Holdings in Matter of S-L-L-, 24 I&N Dec. 1 (BIA 2006); and Matter of C-Y-Z-, 21 I&N Dec. 915 (BIA 1997), overruled.
