United States Seventh Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals was under no constitutional or statutory duty to send petitioners periodic reminders to file a brief, and petitioners' incorrect assertion that their counsel did not receive an extension of time to file a brief was a proper basis to reject their application to reopen their case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/21/2001
• Decided 06/26/2001
• Published 06/26/2001

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott D. Pollock (argued), Pollock & Associates, Chicago, IL, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, Paul Fiorino (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, respondent.