Legal Opinion
Munna Godfrey v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 22, 2016No. 15-1027PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Munna Songe Godfrey petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision denying his application for adjustment of status. An immigration judge (IJ) denied Godfrey’s application after finding Godfrey intended to represent himself as a United States citizen on an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form. The BIA affirmed. We deny God-frey’s petition for review.
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Petitioner Munna Godfrey is a 36-year-old native of Tanzania who came to the United States in May 2002 to attend Wichita State University under an F-l nonim-migrant student visa. Godfrey…
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