Legal Opinion
Akinfolarin v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 13, 2005No. 04-2526PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Ronke Akinfolarin, a native and citizen of Nigeria, seeks review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed, without opinion, the Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition for review.
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Akinfolarin entered the United States as a visitor on January 4, 1993. On or about April 4, 1994, she filed an application for asylum with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).…
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- Albathani v. INSCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Bocova v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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