Kalilu v. Mukasey

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…