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Acquaah v. Holder

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 18, 2009No. 08-3836PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Kwasi Acquaah, a native and citizen of Ghana, appeals a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying two separate motions to reopen his removal proceedings. An Immigration Judge (IJ) ordered Acquaah removed in absentia when Acquaah failed to appear at his master-calendar hearing due to a mistaken belief as to the proper hearing date. For the reasons set forth below, we DENY Acquaah’s petition for review.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual background

Acquaah was admitted to the United States in January 2000 as a nonimmigrant student to attend the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. AbuduSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Svitlana Denko v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  3. Ahmed Abdullah Allabani v. Alberto GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
  4. Barry v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  5. Ceraj v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Sanchez v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
  2. Alain Cuevas-Nuno v. William BarrCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  3. Juan Valadez-Lara v. William P. BarrCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  4. E. A. C. A. v. Jeffrey RosenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2021
  5. Mohamad Mhaidli v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010

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