Legal Opinion
Niang v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 12, 2007No. 06-1470PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge ELLIS wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER joined. Judge WILLIAMS wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
ELLIS, Senior District Judge:
This is an appeal from a final order of removal of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), denying petitioner’s application for withholding of removal because (i) she failed to establish a “clear probability” of persecution and (ii) she could not assert a claim based on a fear that her five-year old U.S. citizen daughter would be subjected to female genital mutilation…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- C-Y-ZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1997
- Djenaba Camara v. John Ashcroft, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
- CHENBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1989
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3Cited by61 opinions
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