Samuel Adebisi Awe v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

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• noting that the regulations explicitly give the BIA authority to dismiss procedurally defective appeals, including those where a promised brief is never filed
• noting that the regulations explicitly give the BIA authority to dismiss procedurally defective appeals, including those where a promised brief is never filed
• denying a petition for relief despite the petitioner’s challenge to the Board’s summary dismissal of his late filing
• affirming in dicta reasoning of Mansour that BIA is required to issue opinions with rational explanations and adequate analysis of the record
• “Since our appellate review is limited to the BIA’s final orders of removal, we decline to look beyond the BIA’s stated, proce- dural reasons for dismissing Awe’s appeal and will not un- dertake a review of the merits of Awe’s case as decided by the IJ.”
• arguments not timely raised are waived

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