United States Tenth Circuit

Nine-year delay between immigration judge's denial of asylum and Board of Immigration Appeals' affirmation of the denial will not support estoppel of deportation without evidence of intentional delay or prejudice to asylum applicant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/06/2001
• Published 04/06/2001

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, McKAY and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John S. Castellano,Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony C. Payne, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation (David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation;  Kristin A. Cabral, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with him on the brief), Washington, DC, for the respondent.