Legal Opinion
Charles Jideonwo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 2000No. 99-3243PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Charles Jideonwo appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) affirmance of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) determination that Jideonwo is ineligible to receive discretionary relief under former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1994). For the reasons stated herein, we reverse the BIA’s decision and remand this case to the IJ for farther proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1980, Charles Jideonwo, a native and citizen of Nigeria, was admitted to the United States on a non-immigrant student visa. On November 18, 1981, he became a…
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