Legal Opinion
Punzalan v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 5, 2009No. 08-2277PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Ariel Punzalan, a native and citizen of the Philippines, seeks review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) on September 5, 2008 denying petitioner’s second motion to reopen. Petitioner argues that the time and number limitations on filing his second motion should be equitably tolled and proceedings reopened due to the alleged ineffective assistance of his prior counsel on the first motion to reopen. The BIA rejected the second motion to reopen for several reasons, including that petitioner had failed to demonstrate that…
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