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LOPEZ v. I.N.S.

No. 97-70937.

184 F.3d 1097 (1999)

Ruben LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis Pierce, Law Offices of Garish Sarin, Los Angeles, California, for the petitioner.

Jane Gomez and Mary Jane Candaux, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, BROWNING and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Chief Judge.

Ruben Lopez appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denial of his motion to reopen an in absentia deportation order on the ground that his former "counsel" engaged in fraud by posing as an attorney and provided ineffective assistance of counsel. This court has jurisdiction to review final deportation orders pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a (1994 & Supp. 1997).1 We conclude that the statutory time limit for...

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