Legal Opinion
Vassil Sapoundjiev, Encheva Sapoundjiev, and Hristo C. Sapoundjiev v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 2004No. 04-1435PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
An immigration judge concluded that Vassil Sapoundjiev, a citizen of Bulgaria, is not entitled either to asylum or to withholding of removal. On January 28, 2004, the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed that decision, which affected not only Vassil but also his wife Encheva and son Hristo, for their applications are derivative from his. Immigration officials sent the three Sapoundjievs notices (often called bag-and-baggage letters) directing them to report for custody and removal on May 13, 2004. Six days before that date arrived, the Sapoundjievs filed an…
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