Legal Opinion
Mahamat Djouma v. Alberto R. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 2005No. 04-2086PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The immigration judge rejected Maha-mat Djouma’s claim of asylum and ordered him removed (deported), and the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirmed. Djouma is a citizen of Chad, and the nephew of a man named Mahamat Garfa. In 1994, Garfa, formerly the nation’s army chief and later its minister of mines and energy, fled Chad, either because he was suspected of embezzling government funds or because of political disagreement with the country’s president; perhaps both were factors. In exile he became, and so far as appears remains, active in a move ment to forcibly…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Siderman de Blake v. Republic of ArgentinaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Tesfaye Aberra Gebremichael v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Mya Lwin v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Alexandru Dinu v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Alexandru Dinu v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Kadia v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Shukria S. Margos v. Alberto R. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
- Bolante v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Solomon v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
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