Immigration Removal Order

By: Derek Hawkins//June 6, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Rodrigo Ramos-Braga v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III

Case No.: 17-1998

Officials: BAUER, KANNE, and BARRETT, Circuit Judges

Focus: Immigration Removal Order

Rodrigo Ramos-Braga, a citizen of Brazil, petitions for review of the denial of his second motion to reopen proceedings on his applications for special-rule cancellation of removal, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). His motion was both numerically barred and untimely filed with the Board of Immigration Appeals, but Ramos-Braga argued that these limits should be excused under the doctrine of equitable tolling for ineffective assistance of counsel or under a statutory exception based on changed country conditions. The Board determined that neither exception applied and that the time and numerical limits therefore barred his motion. Because the Board did not abuse its discretion, we deny the petition.

Petition Denied

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