Legal Opinion
Akinwunmi v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1999No. 99-9530PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioners, the Atínwunmi family of Nigeria, seek review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that dismissed their untimely appeal from a decision of the immigration judge that found them deportable and denied their application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Petitioners argue that their failure to timely file their appeal to the BIA was the result of their counsel’s ineffective assistance, and that the BIA should have permitted them to take the untimely appeal. Petitioners also seek a stay of deportation pending review. We dismiss the petition for review and…
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