Read TARRAWALLY v. ASHCROFT, 02-2951

A court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to review an asylum petition that an Immigration Judge (IJ) or Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) deems untimely. IJ's finding that plaintiff was not likely to be persecuted or tortured was supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Submitted 07/10/2003
• Decided 07/29/2003
• Published 07/29/2003

Judges

• Before NYGAARD, SMITH, Circuit Judges and IRENAS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven A. Morley,Bagia & Morley, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Efthimia S. Pilitsis, Michael P. Lindemann, John D. Williams, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.