VELA-ESTRADA v. LYNCH

Docket No. 14-619-ag.

817 F.3d 69 (2016)

Henry VELA-ESTRADA, aka Henry Vela, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin S. Santos, Sr. , Santos Law Group, PC, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Jose C. Campos , Law Office of Jose C. Campos, Esq., Bethlehem, PA, for Petitioner.

Patricia E. Bruckner , Trial Attorney, John W. Blakeley , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Joyce R. Branda , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: STRAUB, CHIN, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Henry Vela-Estrada seeks review of a January 31, 2014 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the "BIA") declining to certify, pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(c), his untimely appeal of the May 14, 2013 order of removal of the Immigration Judge ("IJ"). For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the decision not to...

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