Legal Opinion
Omagah v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 22, 2002No. 01-60373PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Ferdinand Omagah petitions for review of an order of the Attorney General refusing to grant a discretionary suspension of deportation. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) and Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) concluded that Omagah’s conviction, under 18 U.S.C. § 371, of conspiracy to obtain, possess, and use fraudulent immigration documents barred suspension. We deny the petition for review.
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Omagah, a Nigerian citizen, originally entered the United States on August 12, 1981, using an F-l student visa and resided there from August 12, 1981, to the present, with the…
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