Legal Opinion

Ramirez-Matias v. Lynch

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 24, 2015No. 14-4056PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Matilde Florintina Ramirez-Matias seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her motion to reopen her case. Ramirez-Ma-tias illegally entered the United States in September 2000. An Immigration Judge *340(“IJ”) ordered her removed from the country in September 2002. The BIA affirmed that decision in July 2003. Ramirez-Mati-as filed her motion to reopen over a decade later in June 2014. The BIA rejected the motion as untimely. Ramirez-Matias argues that the BIA should have equitably tolled the relevant statute of limitations.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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3Cited by3 opinions

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