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First Circuit Rejects Equitable Tolling Based on a Change in Law


February 29, 2016
by Sabrina Damast

The First Circuit declined to find that a change in BIA case law equitably tolled the filing deadline for a motion to reconsider, even though the petitioner had made the now-accepted legal argument on direct appeal.

The full text of Omar v. Lynch can be found here: http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/15-1258P-01A.pdf

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