Legal Opinion
Moreta v. Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 15, 2013No. 12-1902PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Belkis Eunice Moreta, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, petitions for judicial review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) finding that she abandoned her applications for relief from removal by failing to file them in accordance with a court-ordered deadline. Because the IJ did not abuse her discretion by finding that Moreta had abandoned her applications for relief, the petition for review is denied.
I. Background
In 1994, Moreta was admitted to the United States as a permanent resident on a conditional…
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