United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming an IJ's denial of a Mexican national's motion to reopen removal proceedings based on intervening developments in the law (specifically, that a conviction of felony drunk driving was not a proper basis for removal) is denied as petitioner's motion to reopen was unquestionably time-barred.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/11/2010
• Decided 02/11/2010
• Published 02/11/2010

Judges

• KENNELLY, District Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, KANNE, Circuit Judge, and KENNELLY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia Vargas, Vargas & Associates, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Zanfardino, Terri J. Scadron, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.