Legal Opinion
Perera v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 22, 2014No. 13-1312PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
PREFACE
This is an immigration case involving Kumudinie Renuka Perera, a native and citizen of Sri Lanka. Perera asks us to review an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her second motion to reopen long-closed removal proceedings. We deny her petition, for reasons shortly stated. First, some background.
HOW THE CASE GOT HERE
The parties are familiar with the facts— elsewhere recounted, see Perera v. Holder, 471 Fed.Appx. 4 (1st Cir.2012) — so a simple summary suffices.
Following a hearing that began in 2006 and ended in 2007, an Immigration Judge…
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