Legal Opinion
Betouche v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 12, 2004No. 02-2518PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-appellant Selim Betouche challenges various rulings by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) declining to reopen the proceedings relating to his asylum application, in which he claimed that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that conditions in his native Algeria have deteriorated since the entry of the final deportation order. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
Betouche, a citizen and native of Algeria, entered the United States in July 1996 on a three-month visa and remained beyond its expiration. In due course, the Immigration and Naturalization…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- LOZADABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- Bernardo Ontiveros-Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Xu Yong Lu v. John AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Lara v. TrominskiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by22 opinions
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