United States First Circuit

Petition for review of a final order of removal is denied where the denial of a request for a continuance to give petitioner additional time to file an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) was not an abuse of discretion given the IJ's amply supported findings that petitioner understood the filing deadline but failed to diligently proceed with the application.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2007
• Published 04/19/2007

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jose A. Espinosa, Peter J. Rubin, Walter Dellinger, and O'Melveny & Myers, LLP on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas L. Holzman, Special Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Robbin K. Blaya, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.