Legal Opinion
Iqbal Ali v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 2007No. 06-3240, 06-3879PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Syed Ali petitions for review of decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his request for a continuance and denying his subsequent motion for reconsideration. Ali sought to continue his removal hearing to await a disposition on his son Zeeshan’s application for American citizenship; once naturalized, Zeeshan could sponsor Ali’s petition to adjust his status to that of a lawful permanent resident. Ali now argues, as he did before the BIA, that the IJ failed to provide an adequate reason for denying the…
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