Legal Opinion
Soriba Fadiga v. Attorney General USA
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 15, 2007No. 05-4910PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POLLAK, District Judge.
On May 7, 2004, an Immigration Judge (IJ) ordered that Soriba Fadiga be removed to Guinea. Fadiga moved to reopen the removal proceedings, Fadiga’s counsel acknowledging that he had provided ineffective assistance in presenting Fa-diga’s application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Before the IJ could rule on the motion to reopen, new counsel appealed the order of removal to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA considered the…
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