Legal Opinion
Osama Al Ramahi v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2013No. 12-70628PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
Osama AI Ramahi and Nisreen AI Sharif petition for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that extraordinary circumstances do not excuse their untimely applications for asylum. We deny the petition because substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that, even assuming the petitioners could demonstrate extraordinary circumstances, they did not file their applications within a “reasonable period given those circumstances.” 8 C.F.R. § 1208.4(a)(5).
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We begin by examining the statutory framework that governs the timeliness of asylum…
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