Yulia Firmansjah v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

On April 9, 2003, the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed an order for the removal from the United States of Yulia Firmansjah. She had 30 days from the order’s issuance to seek judicial review, see 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1), and that time passed without action. Contending that he had not received the decision until June 5, 2003, Firmansjah’s lawyer asked the Board to enter a new order. The Board accommodated that request and on August 6, 2003, “reissued” its decision. The new order states that the Board’s decision “shall be treated as entered as of today’s date.” Firmansjah then filed a…