United States Fifth Circuit

Petition for review of denial of petitions for asylum and withholding of removal relief is granted in part and the matter remanded where the BIA erred in holding that the asylum claim was untimely, and should have considered the merits of petitioner's asylum application.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/05/2007
• Published 01/08/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before KING, BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anthony Osei (argued), Law Office of Osei & Fordjour, Arlington, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dirk Christian Phillips (argued), Civ. Rights Div., Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., OIL, Gregory Bryan Friel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Anne M. Estrada, U.S INS, Dallas, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.