Legal Opinion
Samuel Adebisi Awe v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2003No. 02-1994PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Samuel Adebisi Awe seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) summarily dismissing Awe’s appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 3.1(d)(2)(i)(D) for his failure to file a separate written brief after indicating his intent to do so. For the following reasons, we affirm the BIA’s final order denying Awe asylum and withholding of deportation and granting him voluntary departure to Nigeria.
I. Background
Awe, his wife Julianah Apeke Awe, and their three children, Olayemi Adenike Awe, Temitope Adesola Awe, and Oluwag-benga Kolawole Awe, are natives…
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