Gheorghe Vasile v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States

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• concluding that factual determinations regarding the one-year bar and the existence of changed or extraordinary circumstances “simply do[ ] not fit” in the “question of law category”
• holding that jurisdiction over questions of law does not extend to changed‐ circumstances determination
• holding that even in light of the REAL ID Act of 2005, these “factual determinations continue to fall outside the jurisdiction of the court of appeals entertaining a petition for review”
• holding that the BIA's determination that an alien did not file his asylum claim within one year and did not qualify for an extension of time was an unreviewable question of fact and exercise of discretion
• interpreting 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(D) and noting that \[p]ermissive language that refers to demonstrating something to the agency's `satisfaction' is inherently discretionary\
• interpreting 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(D) and noting that “[pjermis-sive language that refers to demonstrating something to the agency’s ‘satisfaction’ is inherently discretionary”

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