Chuks Goddy Nwogu v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States

Chuks Goddy Nwogu, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of the BIA’s April 10, 2006 decision denying as untimely his motion for the BIA to reconsider its January 24, 2006 decision dismissing as untimely his appeal from Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Joe Miller’s September 8, 2005 removal order. After the IJ found that Nwogu’s second-degree grand larceny offense in New York State rendered him removable as an aggravated felon under federal immigration law, see 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G), and that he was not eligible for relief from removal, Nwogu sought to appeal the decision to the…