Legal Opinion
Dereck Njong v. Matthew G. Whitaker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 28, 2018No. 17-3460PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
*921 Dereck Teke Njong petitions for review of a final order of removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA affirmed an order of the immigration judge (IJ) denying Njong's application for asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 , withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (b)(3), and relief under Article III of the Convention Against Torture (CAT) pursuant to 8 C.F.R. §§ 1208.16 - 1208.18.
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Njong is a native and citizen of Cameroon who was placed in removal proceedings after entering the United States without proper documentation in September 2016. He requested asylum,…
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