Legal Opinion
Philomena Iweka Nwaokolo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 2002No. 02-2964PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Per curiam
Philomena Nwaokolo asks that we stay her removal pending review of the denial of her petition to reopen the removal proceedings. We conclude that venue is proper in this court and that a stay is appropriate pending our plenary review of this matter. In our view, Ms. Nwaokolo has met her burden of establishing that she has a better than negligible chance of prevailing on the merits and that she and her daughter, an United States citizen, will suffer irreparable injury if she is removed from the United States at this time. More precisely, she has demonstrated that the INS has failed to consider…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Schneider v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gary Laguerre v. Janet Reno, Jose, Martin Avelar-Cruz v. Janet RenoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Samer Mansour v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Ioan Sofinet v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by79 opinions
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- Frebert Bonhometre v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Yetunde Balogun v. John D. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Doris C. Oforji v. John D. Ashcroft, United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Niang v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
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