Legal Opinion
Anthony Ojo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1997No. 96-30625PublishedCited by 324 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Anthony Ojo appeals the dismissal, as frivolous, of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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Ojo’s journey through the immigration and criminal justice systems began in 1982 when he, a citizen of Nigeria, entered the United States on a student visa. Ten years later, in May 1992, he was convicted in New York federal court of importation of heroin and possession of heroin with intent to distribute. The court sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release, and the conviction was affirmed. See United States v. Ojo, 992…
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