Legal Opinion
Gyamfi v. Whitaker
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 10, 2019No. 18-1093PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Amma Adu Gyamfi ("Gyamfi") challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA") denial of her motion to reopen and its decision not to exercise its sua sponte authority to reopen her case and grant her request for an adjustment of status. For the reasons we detail below, we deny and dismiss Gyamfi's petition.
BACKGROUND
In March of 2004, Gyamfi, a native of Ghana and resident of Italy from 1992 until 2004, arrived in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant B-2 visa that granted her a six-month stay here. Gyamfi didn't leave after her permissible time here expired, and in…
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