VAHORA v. HOLDER

No. 08-71618.

641 F.3d 1038 (2011)

Ayubbhai VAHORA, aka A.A. Vahora, aka Ayu Bhai A. Vahora, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Jobe and Arwin Swink , Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Tracie N. Jones , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent-appellee.

Opinion by Judge TIMLIN; Dissent by Chief Judge KOZINSKI.


OPINION

TIMLIN, District Judge:

Ayubbhai Vahora ("Vahora"), a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal of the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum. The IJ denied his application for asylum because he did not file it within one year of his arrival in the United States, as required by 8 C.F.R. § 208.4(a)(2...

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