23 Feb 2024

Matter of Azrag, 28 I&N Dec. 784 (BIA 2024)

Matter of Azrag, 28 I&N Dec. 784 (BIA 2024) - Where a State court order granting a respondent’s motion to vacate a conviction does not indicate the reason for the vacatur, and there is no other basis in the record to independently establish the reason, the respondent has not satisfied his burden to show that the court vacated his conviction because of a substantive or procedural defect in his criminal proceedings.