Legal Opinion

Franklin Nwagbo v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 26, 2015No. 12-74193Unpublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Franklin Chukwuma Nwagbo, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying his motion to reopen removal proceedings and to reissue its previous decision. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen and reissue, Hemandez-Velas-quez v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1073, 1077 (9th Cir.2010), and we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Nwagbo’s motion as untimely, where the motion was filed more than eleven years after…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Avagyan v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
  2. HERNANDEZ-VELASQUEZ v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API