Legal Opinion
Walid Aly Abola Ghounem v. John Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 4, 2004No. 03-2835PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Walid Aly Abóla Ghounem (“Ghounem”) petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that affirmed without opinion an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) denial of his Motion to Reopen his case. For the reasons stated below, we grant the petition for review and remand the case to the BIA with instructions.
I. Facts
This case has a long procedural history, most of which is irrelevant to the issue we must resolve. Ghounem is a native of Egypt. On July 21, 1994, 1 he entered the United States as a nonimmigrant B-2 visitor with authorization to stay in the…
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