MORETA v. HOLDER

No. 12-1902.

723 F.3d 31 (2013)

Belkis Eunice MORETA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lidia M. Sanchez on brief for petitioner.

Drew C. Brinkman , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Stuart F. Delery , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Anthony P. Nicastro , Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Belkis Eunice Moreta, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, petitions for judicial review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA") affirmance of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") finding that she abandoned her applications for relief from removal by failing to file them in accordance with a court-ordered deadline. Because the IJ did not abuse her discretion by finding that Moreta had abandoned her applications for relief, the petition...

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