Legal Opinion
Shah v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 10, 2008No. 07-2001PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Senior Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Iftikhar H. Shah, a native of Pakistan and citizen of Canada, seeks judicial review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA upheld the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of Shah’s motion to reopen his removal order, which was issued in absentia when he failed to appear for his scheduled hearing. Shah argues that he never received notice of his hearing before the IJ. Finding no basis for overturning the order, we deny the petition.
I. Background
On or about June 2, 1991, Shah entered the United States as a…
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