Legal Opinion
Alanwoko v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2008No. 07-2769, 07-3281PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Jude Ikechukwu Alanwoko, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying him asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Alanwoko also petitions for review of the BIA’s denial of his motion to reopen the removal proceedings based on new evidence that was not available at the time of the original hearing. Having consolidated the two petitions, we now deny them.
I. Background
Alanwoko arrived in the United States on…
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