Legal Opinion

Samer Mansour v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 16, 2000No. 99-3940PublishedCited by 184 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

The Immigration Court denied Samer Mansour’s claim for asylum as well as withholding of removal, but granted him voluntary departure. Mansour then appealed the Immigration Court’s decision and filed a motion to remand or reopen the proceedings. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirmed the Immigration Court’s decision concerning Mansour’s asy lum and withholding of removal request and dismissed his appeal. The BIA also denied Mansour’s motion to remand. For the reasons stated below, we affirm in part and remand in part.

Background

Mansour is an unmarried 42-year-old…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Virginia Ragon Achacoso-Sanchez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  4. Ramon Becerra-Jimenez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  5. Ilyas Ahmad v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by184 opinions

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  4. Saidou Dia v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
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