Legal Opinion
Mendis v. Filip
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 30, 2009No. Docket 07-5768-agPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Balapuwaduge Shantha Men-dis petitions for review of the November 28, 2007 decision and order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), dismissing his appeal of the April 5, 2006 decision of Immigration Judge (“LJ”) Paul A. DeFon-zo, ordering Mendis removed to the United Kingdom. Mendis argues that he cannot be removed to the United Kingdom under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(2), because he was in the United Kingdom for only a few hours during a stopover en route to the United States and has no legal right to live or travel there. We conclude that the BIA’s…
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