Legal Opinion
Kurniawan Salim v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2016No. 13-71833PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Kurniawan Salim (“Salim”), a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his motion to reopen his asylum and withholding of removal proceedings. Salim is a practicing Catholic, and brings his motion to reopen due to changes in country conditions for Christians in Indonesia since- his initial hearing before an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) in 2006. We conclude that the BIA abused its discretion when it denied Salim’s motion to reopen as untimely. Substantial evidence supports his claim of changed…
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