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BOAKAI v. GONZALES

No. 05-1961.

447 F.3d 1 (2006)

Andley Bobby BOAKAI, a/k/a Joe Taivo Laesolee, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Apfel, with whom Gina M. Atwood and Goodwin Procter LLP were on brief, for petitioner.

David M. McConnell, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Michael Sady, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

On February 27, 2002, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ordered that Andley Bobby Boakai, a native and citizen of Liberia, be removed from this country because he had not met his burden to show he was eligible for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). More than a year later, Boakai filed with the BIA an untimely motion to reopen his case on the ground that he had been provided ineffective assistance of counsel. The BIA rejected...

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