AKINWUNMI v. I.N.S.

No. 99-9530.

194 F.3d 1340 (1999)

Edward Akinsola AKINWUNMI; Mobolaji O. Akinwunmi; Christopher I. Akinwunmi, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Saltrese-Miller, Boulder, Colorado, for Petitioners.

Michelle E. Gorden, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Justice Department, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before TACHA, LUCERO, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioners, the Akinwunmi family of Nigeria, seek review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that dismissed their untimely appeal from a decision of the immigration judge that found them deportable and denied their application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Petitioners argue that their failure to timely file their appeal to the BIA was the result of their counsel's ineffective...

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