The following excerpt is from Eszterhazy v. U.S. I.N.S., 988 F.2d 118 (9th Cir. 1993):
Section 242.21 of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulation provides in pertinent part that "[a]n appeal shall be taken within 10 days after ... the stating of an oral decision" by the immigration judge. This time limit is mandatory and jurisdictional. See Hernandez-Rivera v. INS, 630 F.2d 1352, 1354 (9th Cir.1980); Matter of Escobar, 18 I & N Dec. 412 (BIA 1983). 1
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