Osepian
Osepian v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Petitioner Garik Osepian petitions for review of an order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) on August 31, 2001, denying as untimely his motion to reopen his deportation proceeding. Osepi-an also seeks to challenge an earlier Feb *652 ruary 20, 2001 BIA decision. Because the parties are familiar with the facts of the case, we recount them here only to the extent necessary to explain our rulings.
I. August 31, 2001 Order
Osepian claims that his motion to reopen to apply for suspension of deportation pursuant to Section 203 the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act, Pub.L. No. 105-100, 111 Stat. 2193 (1997), amended by Pub.L. No. 105-139, 111 Stat. 2644 (1997) (“NACARA”), was timely because the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act, Pub.L. No. 106-553, 114 Stat. 2762 (2000) (the “LIFE Act”), and the Life Act Amendments of 2000, Pub.L. No. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763 (2000) (“LIFE Act Amendments”), extended the generally applicable September 11, 1998 deadline for the filing of such motions. This claim is without merit.
The LIFE Act itself does not address NACARA § 203 or suspension of deportation. While the LIFE Act Amendments do modify…