United States First Circuit

In order to suspend the running of an un-expired period of voluntary departure, an alien must explicitly request that relief before the expiration of the voluntary departure period.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/24/2005
• Published 06/24/2005

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ilana Greenstein, with whom Harvey Kaplan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jeremiah Friedman, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP were on brief, for petitioner., Beth Werlin for American Immigration Law Foundation, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Andre, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Donald E. Keener, Deputy Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief, for respondent.