Legal Opinion
Boakai v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 27, 2006No. 05-1961PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
On February 27, 2002, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ordered that Andley Bobby Boakai, a native and citizen of Liberia, be removed from this country because he had not met his burden to show he was eligible for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). More than a year later, Boakai filed with the BIA an untimely motion to reopen his case on the ground that he had been provided ineffective assistance of counsel. The BIA rejected the motion to reopen as untimely filed without reaching the merits of the ineffective assistance claim. Boakai now seeks review…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Jobe v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Saint Fort v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Hernandez v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by84 opinions
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