Legal Opinion
Ba v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 8, 2009No. 08-3478PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Aminata Ibra Ba, a citizen of Mauritania, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention against Torture, alleging racial persecution. The merits of her claims are not before us, however, because the immigration judge issued a removal order in absentia after she failed to appear for her hearing. He subsequently denied her motion to reopen, a decision affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“the Board”). This appeal poses the following question: What is required to establish that an alien received her…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- M-R-ABoard of Immigration Appeals · 2008
- Sembiring v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Santana Gonzalez v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
- Silva-Carvalho Lopes v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Anthony Thompson v. Loretta LynchCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
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- Juan Valadez-Lara v. William P. BarrCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
- Dulce Parra-Morela v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
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