Legal Opinion

Abdifatah Gaas Qorane v. William Barr, U. S. Atty

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 26, 2019No. 17-60394PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREW S. OLDHAM, Circuit Judge:

The federal government denied Abdifatah Gaas Qorane various forms of immigration relief after concluding he would not be persecuted or tortured in his home *908 country of Somalia. Despite Qorane's requests, the government chose not to revisit that conclusion. He filed a petition for review asking us to revisit it instead. We deny the petition.

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On January 14, 2016, Qorane attempted to enter the United States at Brownsville, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") commenced removal proceedings because Qorane did not have valid entry documents. Before an…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Heckler v. ChaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Yu Zhao v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  5. Negusie v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by43 opinions

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