Legal Opinion
Sunita Patel, Kamarkant Patel, Pallavi Patel, and Kalpana Patel v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2006No. 04-3401, 04-4159, 05-1687PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
These petitions present, in the aggregate, the claims of four members of the Patel family who are seeking asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). In Nos. 04-3401 and 04-4159, Sunita Patel is petitioning for review of two decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA): the first one denied her motion to reopen her asylum proceedings, and the second one denied her motion to reconsider the denial of the motion to reopen. In No. OS-1687, Kamarkant Patel (Sunita’s father), his wife Pallavi Patel, and his oldest daughter…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Jama v. Immigration and Customs EnforcementSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Stanislav Iavorski v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Alex F. Beamon v. Marshall & Ilsley Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Jaib Singh Ray v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by41 opinions
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