Legal Opinion

Acquaah v. Sessions

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 6, 2017No. 16-3277PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER curiam;

■ James Acquaah is a sixty-three-year-old man from Ghana. He originally entered the United States on a visitor’s visa and later obtained conditional permanent resident status based on his marriage to a United States citizen. His application to remove the conditions on his residency sparked proceedings that have spanned more than twenty-five years. While those proceedings awaited a -decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “Board”), his first marriage, ended, he remarried and had a daughter, and he sought and received permanent residency under a different name on the basis…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mellouli v. LynchSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ErricoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Moab v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  4. Arobelidze v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  5. Vasquez v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wissam Al-Saka v. Jefferson SessionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
  2. Safiya Tayo Tukur Seldon v. Merrick B. GarlandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2024
  3. Bador v. GarlandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2024

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