The Third Circuit has determined that the 30-day deadline to file a petition for review of a final removal order is a claims processing rule, not a jurisdictional rule. The court also determined that a reinstatement order is not administratively final until a final agency decision is issued on the applicant’s withholding of removal and CAT applications.

The full text of Inestroza-Tosta v. Attorney General can be found here:

https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/221667p.pdf

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