Gbaya v. United States Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Petitioner Patrick Gbaya appeals from the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his “Motion to Reconsider, Re-open and to Administratively Close” his removal proceedings. Gbaya argues that the BIA’s denial of his motion was an abuse of discretion because he had shown that he suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel during his original appeal to the BIA.
“This Court reviews the BIA’s denial of [a petitioner’s] motion to reopen his deportation order for abuse of discretion. In this particular area, the BIA’s discretion is quite broad.” Anin v. Reno, 188 F.3d 1273,…
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