U.S.

Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Board ofImmigration Appeals
Office of the Clerk
5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2000
Falls Church, Virginia 20530

OHS/ICE Office of Chief Counsel - SNA

Thomas Esparza Jr. P.C.

LaMadrid Building
1811 South First St.

8940 Fourwinds Drive, 5th Floor

San Antonio, TX 78239

Austin, TX 78704

Name: SOTO-CRUZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER

A 205-760-690

Date of this notice: 12/30/2014

Enclosed is a copy of the Board's decision and order in the above-referenced case.
Sincerely,

Donna Carr
Chief Clerk

Enclosure
Panel Members:
Holmes, David B.

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U.S. Department of Justice

Executive Office for Immigration Review
Board of Immigration Appeals
Office of the Clerk
5107 leesburg Pike, Suite 2000
Falls Church, Virginia 20530

OHS/ICE Office of Chief Counsel - SNA

A205-760-690
566 VETERANS DR
PEARSALL, TX 78061

8940 Fourwinds Drive, 5th Floor

San Antonio, TX 78239

Name: SOTO-CRUZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER

A 205-760-690

Date of this notice: 12/30/2014

Enclosed is a copy of the Board's decision in the above-referenced case. This copy is being
provided to you as a courtesy. Your attorney or representative has been served with this
decision pursuant to 8 C.F.R. 1292.S(a). If the attached decision orders that you be
removed from the United States or affirms an Immigration Judge's decision ordering that you
be removed, any petition for review of the attached decision must be filed with and received
by the appropriate court of appeals within 30 days of the date of the decision.
Sincerely,

Donna Carr
Chief Clerk

Enclosure
Panel Members:
Holmes, David B.

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SOTO-CRUZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER

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Date:

A205 760 690 - Pearsall, TX

DEC 3 0 2014

In re: FRANCISCO JAVIER SOTO-CRUZ

MOTION
ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT:

Thomas Esparza, Jr., Esquire

APPLICATION: Reopening

The respondent seeks reopening and administrative closure of these removal proceedings
pursuant to a recent grant of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) relief by
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The Department of Homeland

Security (DHS) has not contested the statements of fact contained in, or otherwise opposed, the
motion.
Under the unique circumstances presented by this case, and pursuant to our sua sponte
authority under 8 C.F.R. 1003.2(a), the proceedings will be reopened and administratively
closed.
If either party to this case wishes to reinstate the proceedings, a written request to reinstate
the proceedings may be made to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board"). The Board will
take no further action in the case unless a request is received from one of the parties. The request
must be submitted directly to the Clerk's Office, without fee, but with certification of service on
the opposing party.
Accordingly, the following orders will be entered.
ORDER: The motion to reopen is granted.
FURTHER ORDER: The proceedings before the Board of Immigration Appeals irt this case are
administratively closed.

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IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS