United States Ninth Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals erred in dismissing an appeal when the petitioner dutifully followed all regulations and procedures pertaining to filing his Notice of Appeal, but the BIA itself deprived him of the opportunity to timely file his brief by sending the briefing schedule and transcripts of proceedings to the wrong address.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/12/2003
• Decided 08/15/2003
• Published 08/15/2003

Judges

• Before: GRABER, WARDLAW, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan M. Kaufman, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Laura L. Flippin and Marion E. Guyton, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the respondent.