Legal Opinion
Cipto Chandra v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 12, 2014No. 10-70029PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Cipto Chandra (“Chandra”) petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reopen removal proceedings. After Chandra’s order of removal became final in 2005, he converted to Christianity. On March 9, 2009, Chandra filed an untimely motion to reopen on the basis that religious persecution against Christians in Indonesia had worsened since his previous hearing. Because the BIA failed to consider Chandra’s evidence of changed conditions in Indonesia in light of his conversion to Christianity, we grant the petition and…
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