Legal Opinion
Onwuamaegbu v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 6, 2006No. 05-1181PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Benson Eziamaka Onwuamaegbu appeals from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of his motion to reconsider its summary affirmance of an immigration judge’s decision, which refused to waive inadmissibility pursuant either to § 212(h) or (i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). See INA § 212(h), (i), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(h), (i). We vacate the denial, and remand to the BIA for written clarification of its grounds for summary affirmance.
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BACKGROUND
Onwuamaegbu, a native and citizen of Nigeria, came to the United States in the early 1980s on a temporary…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Ricardo Lara-Ruiz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- KOLOAMATANGIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2003
- Zhang v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- In the Matter of Petition for Naturalization of Richard John LongstaffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Hing Sum v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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- John Doe v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Sammir A. Poveda v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Averianova v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
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