FedEx Late Delivery to Courthouse May Mean Deportation
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A couple ordered deported to China lost their appeal because FedEx Corp. was one day late delivering their case to court, an appellate panel ruled.
Chao Lin and his wife, Xue Yun Lin, had until Jan. 13, 2011, to file their case in the federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta after the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals upheld their removal from the U.S. They hired FedEx on Jan. 12 to deliver their petition the next day. It arrived on Jan. 14, according to an opinion issued today.