Legal Opinion
Siddiqui v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 2002No. 01-2043PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
On July 28, 2000, Iftikhar Siddiqui, a 39-year-old native and citizen of Pakistan, who has resided illegally in the United States since approximately 1987, filed a motion before the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) to reopen his case, seeking relief under three sources: asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a), withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h), and for deferral of deportation under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”), as implemented by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Julio Lozada v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. MeeseDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1988
- Siddiqui v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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