Legal Opinion
Eunice Oritsegbeyiwa Azanor v. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 1, 2004No. 02-73599PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Eunice Oritsegbeyiwa Azanor, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) order denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings. Azanor contends the Board abused its discretion by declining to reopen notwithstanding evidence that she suffered female genital mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria and that her eight-year-old United States citizen daughter would likely suffer a similar fate. She seeks asylum pursuant to section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1158, withholding of deportation…
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