Nora Grajeda Estrada v. District Director, U.S. Department of Justice Immigration & Naturalization Service

149 F.3d 1187, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 22436, 1998 WL 322596

Opinion

149 F.3d 1187

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Nora Grajeda ESTRADA, Petitioner,
v.
DISTRICT DIRECTOR, U.S. Department of Justice Immigration &
Naturalization Service, Respondent.

No. 98-1013.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

May 29, 1998.

Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Before McMILLIAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Nora Estrada, a native of Guatemala, petitions for review of a final decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service after the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed as untimely her appeal from a decision of the Immigration Judge. Estrada does not argue that her appeal to the BIA was timely, and the BIA cannot waive the appeal deadline as Estrada suggests. See Atiqullah v. Immigration & Naturalization Serv., 39 F.3d 896, 898 (8th Cir.1994) (per curiam) (time limit for filing notice of appeal to BIA is mandatory and jurisdictional). Accordingly, we deny Estrada's petition.