The Third Circuit finds that the filing deadlines for motions to reopen also apply to motions to reopen for protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).  Thus, the motion must either by filed within 90 days of the final order of removal or must include evidence of changed country conditions since the time of the removal order that are related to the CAT claim . 

The full text of Bamaca-Cifuentes v. Attorney General can be found here:

http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/163104p.pdf

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