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Mark Tettey Kom Degbe v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 13, 2018No. 17-1338PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Chief Judge.

Mark Tettey Kom Degbe petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of his request for asylum, withholding of removal, and application for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) based on his claim that he faces danger in his home country of Ghana. We deny the petition.

I. Background

Degbe came to the United States from Ghana in June 2002 on a B1/B2 non-immigrant visa. It authorized him to stay until late July 2002. However, he did not return to Ghana. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed a Notice to Appear in 2007 charging Degbe…

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