The First Circuit has remanded a petition for the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to determine if the 30-day filing deadline for a BIA appeal should be equitably tolled for a medically vulnerable detainee whose appeal was filed during the COVID pandemic.

The full text of James v. Garland can be found here:

http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/20-1666P-01A.pdf

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