Legal Opinion

Abbas v. Lynch

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 10, 2015No. 14-2838PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Aamir Abbas, a native and citizen of Pakistan, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his second motion to reopen removal proceedings to seek readjustment of status. Abbas’s motion was untimely and numerically barred. The Board acted within its discretion in denying Abbas’s motion on the' grounds that he neither qualified for equitable tolling nor followed the procedural requirements necessary to obtain reopening based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We therefore deny the petition for review.'

Background

These proceedings have been protracted and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  5. Husni El-Gazawy v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012

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