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I m m i gr a t i on A ppe a l s ’ ( “ B I A ” ) de ni a l of tw o m ot i ons t o reo p en . W e d en y th e p et i t i o n s. 1. In the un derl yi ng re m ov al proceedi ng s, the Im m i grat i on Judg e had d e n ie d S a n c h e z ’s ap p lic a tio n f o rc a n c e lla tio n o f

r e m o v a l. T h e B I A a g r e e d , b u t it g r a n te d S a n c h e z ’s r e q u e s t f o rv o lu n ta ryd e p a rtu r e . S a n c h e z s u b s e q u e n tlyf a ile d to depart(or t o fi l e am ot i on t o reopen o r pet i t i on for r evi ew ) w i thi n the spec i fi ed peri od . S anchez, throu gh a s ec on d att orney, then fi l ed a m ot i on t o reopen severa l m o n th s la te . T h e B I A d e n ie d th is m o tio n a s u n tim e lya n d it d e c lin e d to e q u itab ly t ol l the fi l i ng deadl i ne. T he B IA al so hel d thatthe fa i l ure t o d epartre nd er ed S a n c h e z in e lig ib le f

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r e q u e s te d , i . e. , c a n c e lla tio n o f r e m o v a l. S a nc he z hi r e d athi r d l a w y e rt o f i l e as e c ond m ot i on t o r e ope n. T hi s m ot i on a s s e rt e d tha tthe f

a i l ur e t o de pa rts houl d be e xc us e d due t o the i ne f f e c t i ve ne s s ofT h e g o v e rn m e n t c o n te n d s th a t S a n c h e z h a s f a ile d to e x h au s t th is 1 c l a i m . W e di s a gr e e . A l though S a nc he z di d notr a i s e the pr e c i s e the orytha the a d v a n c e s in h is p e titio n f o rr e v ie w , h is b r ie f

in g to th e B I A o n b o th m o tio n s to r e ope n di d a r gue tha thi s f a i l ur e t o vol unt a ryde pa rtw a s due t o i ne f f e c t i ve as si st ance . W e m ay acco rd i n g l y reach th e m eri t s.

- 3- the tw o p ri or att orneys . T he B IA agai n rul ed thatS anchez w as i nel i gi bl e f or re l i ef d u e t o h i s fai l u re t o d ep artw i th i n th e sp eci fi ed p eri o d . Ital so n o t ed th atC o n g ress had abo l i shed the “ exce pt i on al ci rc um st ance s” exce pt i on t o v ol un t ary departure p e n a ltie s . See 8 U . S . C . § 1 22 9c(d). 2. S anchez argues thathe shou l d h ave been excuse d from the vo l un t ary de pa rtur e pe na l t i e s due t o the i ne f f e c t i ve ne s s of

hi s pr i orc ouns e l . T hi s c ont e nt i on 1 i s fo recl o sed b y G rana do s- O segu era v. Mukasey , 546 F . 3d 1011 ( 9th C i r . 2008) ( pe rc ur i a m ) . I n tha tc a s e , w e he l d tha ti ne f f e c t i ve a s s i s t a nc e c a nnote xc us e the f a ilu r e to v o lu n ta r ilyd e p a rt w ith in th e s p e c if ie d p e r io d . Id . at10 16 (“ O se gu er a p o in ts to n o au th o r ityth a t w o u ld p e rm it a n in e f f e c tiv e a s s is ta n c e o f

c o u n s e l c la im to tru m p th e s ta tu to ryp r o h ib itio n o n ‘e x c e p tio n a l c ir c u m s ta n c e ’ a r g u m e n ts in c a s e s w he r e the vol unt a ryde pa rtur e pe r i od ha s pa s s e d. ” ) . A l though w e ha ve c a rve d a n e xc e pt i on f

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orpe t i t i one r s w ho ne ve rr e c e i ve not i c e of the v o lu n ta ry d e p a rtu r e o r d e r , Si ng h v. H older , 65 8 F . 3d 87 9, 88 7-88 (9th C i r. 20 11 ), S anchez c on ce ded thathe re ce i ved a copy of the B IA ’ s orderand thathi s c ou nsel e x p la in e d th a t h e h a d o n lyth irtyd a y s to d e p a rt.- 4-

3. S anchez a l so as se rt s thatthere i s an “ i rr ec on ci l abl e c on fl i ct ” betw ee n the vo l un t ary departure peri od and the m ot i on t o reopen p er i od . A confl i cthas i nde e d be e n r e c ogni z e d – a nd r e m e di e d – f orpe t i t i one r s w ho f

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th e v o lu n ta ryd e p a rtu r e p e r io d . See D ada v. Mukasey , 5 5 4 U .S . 1 , 1 8 ( 2 0 0 8 ) . B u t f o ra n a lie n lik e S a n c h e z w h o f ile d h is m ot i on af

terthe departure peri od has e xp i re d, there i s no con fl i ctand the departure p e n a ltie s m u s t b e e n f

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ft , 3 7 4 F .3 d 7 5 9 , 7 6 3 - 6 4 ( 9 th C i r. 20 04 ) ( re

j ec t i ng pet i t i on er ’ s argum entthatshe s ho ul d b e perm i tt ed t o fi l e a m ot i on t o r e ope n w i thi n the ni ne ty - da yw i ndow f ors uc h m ot i ons e ve n though s he had o vers t ay ed the vo l un t ary departure per i od ). 4. F in a lly , S a n c h e z a r g u e s th a t th e B I A e rr o n e o u s lyd e n ie d h is m o tio n to r e i s s u e th e u n d e r l y i n g me r i t s d e c i s i o n . Th i s c l a i m o f e rr o ri s p r e mi s e d o n th e s a me arg u m en t s h e m ak es w i th resp ectt o th e m o t i o n s t o reo p en ; acco rd i n g l y, i tt o o i s una va i l i ng. P E T I T I ON DE NI E D.