Legal Opinion
Thompson Olu Adebisi v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1992No. 91-4305PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
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Thompson Olu Adebisi admits that he entered this country illegally. He seeks, alternatively, asylum or withholding of deportation. He appeals an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals which denied both and further ordered deportation. For the reasons set out below, we affirm the order of the Board.
Adebisi is a native of the town of Arigidi, Nigeria, and is a Nigerian citizen. He is a member of the Yoruba tribe and is the hereditary chief of the Esubete, a “social group” (or sub-tribe) comprising all males 25 years of age or older in Arigidi. He indicates that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Carlos Armando Castillo-Rodriguez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Guevara Flores v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Raymond Coriolan and Willy Bonannee v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Sofia Campos-Guardado v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Zhu Yu Chun v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Nourain B. Niam, and Peter Blagoev, Iordanka Kissiova, and Iana Kissiova v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Abdel-Masieh v. United States Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Carbajal-Gonzalez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- E-A-GBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2008
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