Legal Opinion
Adebowale Ojo v. Loretta Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 16, 2016No. 15-1138PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petition for review granted; vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KEENAN joined.
KING, Circuit Judge:
Adebowale Oloyede Ojo, a native of Nigeria and the adopted son of a United States citizen, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”) denying a motion to reopen his removal proceedings. In so ruling, the BIA relied on its administrative interpretation of a provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act (the “INA”) relating to adopted children, codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1101(b)(1)(B)®. That…
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