Legal Opinion
Kucana v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2008No. 07-1002PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Agron Kucana, a citizen of Albania, entered the United States as a business visitor in 1995 and did not leave when his visa expired. He applied for asylum but, when he did not appear at the hearing in the fall of 1997, he was ordered removed in absen-tia. He soon filed a motion to reopen, contending that he had overslept. An immigration judge denied that motion, and in 2002 the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed. Kucana did not seek judicial review — -nor did he comply with the order to quit the United States. In 2006 Kucana filed another motion to reopen, this…
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3Cited by107 opinions
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