Legal Opinion
Ponta-Garca v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 2004No. 04-1968PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Ponta-Garca, a Portug-ese national, seeks review of an order reinstating an earlier order of deportation because of his allegedly illegal reentry into this country. The respondent, the Attorney General, has moved to dismiss, contending that jurisdiction is lacking because the petition for review was not timely filed. We agree. Thus, we are constrained to grant the motion to dismiss.
The petitioner was ordered deported in 1987 after overstaying his authorized period of visitation. For reasons that are unexplained in the record, that order was never executed.…
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