Legal Opinion
Janet Njoroge v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2014No. 12-2158PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Janet Njanja Njoroge, a citizen of Kenya, petitions for review of an April 2012 order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), upholding an immigration judge’s (IJ’s) May 2010 decision. The IJ denied Njoroge’s motion for a continuance and denied her requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.
I. Background
In 2002, Njoroge applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief, asserting that she feared that she would be subjected against her will to female genital mutilation (FGM). In 2003,…
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