Legal Opinion
Disu v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 31, 2003No. 02-2680PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Ganiyu Disu is a native and citizen of Nigeria who entered the United States as a visitor for pleasure in June 1994. He seeks review of the denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. Disu also challenges the constitutionality of the summary affirmance procedure employed by the Board of Immigration Appeals. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(a)(7) (2003). We affirm.
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The facts are taken from the administrative record. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(A) (2000). Disu was born in 1955 in Abeoku-ta, a town in the state of Ogun in southern Nigeria. When his father could…
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