Legal Opinion
Stanislav Iavorski v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 7, 2000No. 2000PublishedCited by 396 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:
Some two years after his deportation hearing, petitioner Stanislav Iavorski discovered that his attorney had not appealed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for political asylum and withholding of deportation as that attorney allegedly had promised to do. Iavorski now attempts to reopen his deportation proceedings after missing the deadlines both to file his appeal and, later, to reopen his proceedings. This case presents the issue of whether the filing deadline for motions to reopen deportation proceedings may be equitably tolled when…
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