ZETINO v. HOLDER

No. 08-70390.

596 F.3d 517 (2010)

Ronald M. ZETINO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niels W. Frenzen, Esq. (argued), University of Southern California Law School Immigration Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner Zetino.

Sunah Lee, Esq. (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Ronald E. LeFevre, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, for respondent Attorney General Holder.

Opinion by Judge TALLMAN; Concurrence by Judge LAWSON.


TALLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Zetino ("Zetino"), a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision upholding an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We must decide whether we have jurisdiction to review for abuse of discretion the BIA's discretionary denial of a petitioner's motion to accept an untimely brief. We hold we lack jurisdiction over this part...

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