The Ninth Circuit has determined that a litigant seeking reopen a previously-filed asylum claim can append a copy the previously-filed application with the motion to reopen, and need not attach a new application. In so holding, the court noted that the petitioner was not asserting a new asylum claim, but rather, seeking to pursue the same claim contained in the previously-filed application.

The full text of Aliyev v. Barr can be found here:

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/08/24/19-72701.pdf

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