Legal Opinion
Anderson Jude Okeke v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 18, 2005No. 03-1831, 03-4640PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
Anderson Jude Okeke, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of two orders from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Those orders affirmed the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision that Okeke could not demonstrate the requisite continuous physical presence in the United States in order to qualify for cancellation of removal. Essentially, the BIA found that the “stop-time” provision (8 U.S.C. § 1229b(d)(l)), once triggered, precludes the accrual of a new period of continuous presence, which in this case would possibly commence with…
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