United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of a BIA order affirming an administrative denial of claims for asylum and withholding of removal by petitioner, an Indonesia citizen of Chinese descent, petition is granted with case remanded where the agency erred as a matter of law in finding that fraudulent deceit by an immigration consultant cannot constitute an extraordinary circumstance that excuses an otherwise untimely asylum application.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/19/2011
• Published 07/19/2011

Judges

• PAEZ

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel