The Ninth Circuit granted the petition for review, holding that the petitioner was entitled to equitable tolling of his untimely motion to reopen, because his lawyer’s advice to pursue a form of immigration relief for which the petitioner was statutorily ineligible constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. The court remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) with instructions to grant the petitioner’s motion to reopen

BIA rules on adverse credibility findings based on fraudulent documents

Board of immigration appeals

Motion to reopen with the BIA

BIA issues two crime related decisions

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