Legal Opinion

Ilic-Lee v. Mukasey

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 19, 2007No. 06-3494, 06-4089PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcKEAGUE, J., joined by Rogers, J.,

MERRITT, J. (p. 1052-53), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Zlata Ilic-Lee petitions this court for review of two Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decisions that (a) affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of petitioner’s motion for continuance, (b) vacated the IJ’s denial of petitioner’s motion to reopen, and (c) denied petitioner’s direct motion to reopen. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the decisions of the BIA and DENY the petitions for review.

I. BACKGROUND

Petitioner Zlata Ilic-Lee is a Serbian citizen. On September 26,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Svitlana Denko v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  3. VELARDEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2002
  4. Kishin Ramchand Balani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
  5. S-VBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2000

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. HASHMIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2009
  2. Iglesias v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  3. Leonel Hernandez-Perez v. Matthew WhitakerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
  4. L-A-B-RBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2018
  5. Fang Huang v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008

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