Legal Opinion
Vilton Prekaj, Age Prekaj, and Leoret Prekaj v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2004No. 02-4462PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAYS, District Judge.
Petitioners seek review of an Immigration Judge’s decision denying their request for asylum, the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“Board”) decision on April 11, 2002 affirming that decision on a procedural ground, and the Board’s December 5, 2002 denial of their untimely motion to reopen. This court has jurisdiction only over the December 5, 2002 decision. Because the Board did not abuse its discretion by denying an untimely motion to reopen, we DENY the petition for review.
I. BACKGROUND
Petitioners Vilton, Age, and Leoret Pre-kaj, a husband and wife and their minor…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Samuel Martinez-Serrano v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. AbuduSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Olufemi Yussef Abdulai v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- Tigran Ekimian Rouzan Nagapetian Avetis Hekimian v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by33 opinions
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