Legal Opinion
Yuan Gao v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2008No. 06-4431PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This proceeding to review the denial of asylum has a tangled history unnecessary to recount. The only issue we need resolve is whether the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in dismissing, as untimely, the petitioner’s appeal from the immigration judge’s denial of his motion to reopen the asylum proceeding. He had 90 days to move to reopen, 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23(b)(1), but did not file his motion until the 106th day. He argues that his delay should be excused because he did not discover that he had a basis for reopening until he met with a new lawyer and learned that his…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- LOZADABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
- Saeid B. Amini v. Oberlin CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Joseph F. Cada v. Baxter Healthcare CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Oscar Socop-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Patricia Hentosh, ph.d. v. Herman M. Finch University of Health Sciences/the Chicago Medical School and Samson T. Jacob, ph.d.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Sergio Lugo-Resendez v. Loretta LynchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- Johnson v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Petar Yusev v. Jeff SessionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- Adkins v. WardenDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2008
- Sparre v. U.S. Dep't of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
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