Legal Opinion
Bocova v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 24, 2005No. 04-2175PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this case, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied the petitioner’s alternative application for asylum or withholding of removal, but granted a time-limited privilege of voluntary departure (now seemingly expired). The first, and easier, question is whether substantial evidence in the record supports the BIA’s decision on the merits. The second, and more difficult, question concerns the extent of our own authority to fashion a new period of voluntary departure, reinstate a lapsed period, or suspend the running of an unexpired period. This court has not spoken…
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