Legal Opinion
Sofyan Ali Saleh v. United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 29, 1992No. 251, Docket 91-4041PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAHONEY, Circuit Judge:
Sofyan Ali Saleh petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dated September 27, 1990 that dismissed an appeal from a decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Patricia A. Rohan dated June 5, 1990. The IJ’s decision denied Saleh’s applications for asylum pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (1988), 1 with holding of deportation to the Yemen Arab Republic pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h) (1988 & Supp. II 1990), 2 and a waiver of excludability pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1988 & Supp. II 1990). 3
Saleh claims that the BIA and IJ erred in concluding…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Ernest Francis v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by139 opinions
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- Rolando Augustine Castellano-Chacon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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