Legal Opinion
Garcia-Cortez v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 27, 2004No. Nos. 02-70866, 02-72720PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
The petitioners, José Garcia-Cortez and Alicia Chavarin-Carrillo, challenge the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) summary dismissal of their appeal of a final order of removal for failure to timely file their brief, along with the BIA’s denial of their subsequent motion for reconsideration. Garcia and Chavarin contend that their Notice of Appeal (Form EOIR-26) provided the BIA with adequate notice of the specific grounds for their appeal and that, consequently, the BIA improperly dismissed their appeal summarily for failure to timely file a brief.
We…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Marcelino Toquero v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Oscar Padilla-Agustin v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Hardeep Singh v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Maria Lucila Martinez-Zelaya v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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