Legal Opinion
Guerrero-Santana v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 17, 2007No. 06-2364PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Ramón Santiago Guerrero-Santana, seeks judicial review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen a removal proceeding. In support of his petition, he suggests that the BIA abused its discretion both by failing to consider his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and by refusing to apply equitable tolling to relieve him from the adverse effect of a missed deadline. Concluding, as we do, that the BIA did not abuse its discretion, we deny the petition.
The circumstances are easily explained. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Julio Lozada v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Raza v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Salois v. Dime Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Boakai v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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