Yan Ping Chen v. Alberto R. Gonzales

481 F.3d 867

YAN PING CHEN, Petitioner,
v.
Alberto R. GONZALES, Respondent.

No. 06-0770-AG.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 7, 2007.

Dehai Zhang, Law Office of Dehai Zhang, Flushing, NY, for Petitioner.

Laura Thomas Rivero, United States Attorneys Office, Southern District of Florida, Miami, FL, for Respondent.

Present: Hon. JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Hon. SONIA SOTOMAYOR, Hon. BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

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Respondent's motion for rehearing is GRANTED. Without deciding whether to "remand simply because the government requests it" or to do so "in the exercise of our inherent equitable powers if the government did not concur in our decision to do so," Tian Ming Lin v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, 473 F.3d 48, 54-55 (2d Cir.2007), we VACATE our previous summary order of November 15, 2006 as to the withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture claims, but do not disturb our determination as to the asylum claim. Accordingly, we REMAND this case to the Board of Immigration Appeals pending its decision in Shou Yung Guo v. Gonzales, 463 F.3d 109 (2d Cir.2006).