Legal Opinion
Tanzil v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 4, 2011No. Nos. 10-1303, 10-3355PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Hermanawan Tanzil, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of two Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decisions denying his motions to reopen. We consolidated the cases and will now deny the petitions for review.
I
Given the narrow ambit of our review, we will only briefly recapitulate the background of this case. Tanzil is an ethnic Chinese Christian from Indonesia, who traveled to the United States for pleasure and overstayed his visa. After the commencement of removal proceedings, he filed for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against…
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