Legal Opinion
Lanier v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2011No. 09-15300PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKETT, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Margaret Olayinka Lanier, a citizen and native of Nigeria and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, seeks judicial review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order that Lanier be removed to Nigeria. Lanier argues that the IJ and BIA erred as a matter of law in determining that she was statutorily ineligible to apply for a discretionary waiver of removal under § 212(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h). 1
Lanier entered the United States without…
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