Legal Opinion
Sama Abdisalan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 6, 2015No. 10-73215, 11-71124PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
When does an order of removal become “final” for the purpose of seeking judicial review? Panels of our court have reached varying conclusions, creating unnecessary confusion as to the timeliness of petitions for review and our jurisdiction to entertain them. We reheard this matter en banc to clarify the issue of finality of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decisions. Today, we adopt a straightforward rule: when the Board of Immigration Appeals issues a decision that denies some claims but remands any other claims for relief to an Immigration Judge (“IJ”)…
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