The Second Circuit has deferred to the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision in Matter of F-P-R-, which held that the one year filing deadline for asylum must be calculated from the applicant's last entry into the United States.  In so doing, the court overruled its prior precedent, which held that the filing deadline would not be tolled by a brief departure from the United States.

The full text of Linares-Urrutia v. Sessions can be found here:

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/a41ed0f7-8933-48f7-8278-abeb3772baac/8/doc/14-4419_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/a41ed0f7-8933-48f7-8278-abeb3772baac/8/hilite/

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