Christian Duruji v. Loretta E. Lynch

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Christian Duruji is a Nigerian citizen seeking review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals. The Board upheld an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his requests for a continuance and administrative closure, did not reinstate the IJ’s grant of voluntary departure, and ordered Duruji removed from the United States. We hold that the Board acted within its discretion, and we deny Duruji’s petition.

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Duruji entered the United States in November 2003 and stayed here after his six-month tourist visa expired. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(B). In April 2004, he…