Banturino v. Holder

Yahya Banturino, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial of relief from removal by the Immigration Judge (“IJ”). Banturino contends that there was legal error in the agency determination that he did not qualify for an exception to the filing deadline for an asylum application. In addition, petitioner faults the agency’s finding that he was not eligible for withholding of removal.

After studying these claims and the record on which they are based, we conclude that the petition before us reflects a…