The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in KALILU v. MUKASEY, No. 06-75425, an administrative appeal. The panel consisted of Dorothy W. Nelson, Stephen Reinhardt, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:
Abraham Kalilu (”Kalilu”), a twenty-seven-year-old native and citizen of Liberia, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (”BIA”) adverse decision determining that he filed a frivolous asylum application, denying his claims for asylum and withholding of removal, denying his request for voluntary departure, and denying his motion to reopen. Petitioner raises two principal challenges to the BIA’s decision.1 First, he argues that the BIA’s frivolousness determination cannot be sustained because he was not afforded the required procedural safeguards, including notice and an opportunity to respond. Second, he argues that the BIA abused its discretion in denying his motion to reopen so that he could have an opportunity to pursue adjustment of status on the basis of his. . .

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