United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's order affirming an Immigration Judge’s denial of petitioner's claims for asylum and withholding of removal, the petition is granted where petitioner's delay in filing her asylum application was due to the “extraordinary circumstance” of fraudulent deceit by an immigration consultant, and this circumstance directly related to her failure to file the application within the one-year deadline.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/19/2011
• Published 01/19/2011

Judges

• Richard A. Paez

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gihan L. Thomas, Peter D. Keisler