Moses Choge v. Loretta E. Lynch

KELLY, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Moses Kipchumba Choge, is a Kenyan citizen. His U.S. citizen wife filed an immigrant visa petition on his . behalf, which was approved. Choge made a corresponding request to adjust his status to that of lawful permanent resident, and the Immigration Judge (IJ) overseeing his case explained to him that in order to proceed, he would have to pay a filing fee, get fingerprinted, submit an affidavit of support, and bring his wife to testify on his behalf at his next hearing. When he showed up at the hearing ten months later, he had done none of the above. The…