KONE v. HOLDER

No. 09-2689.

620 F.3d 760 (2010)

Fatoumata KONE, Lasanna Diarra, and Kamissa Diarra, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isuf Kola , Attorney (argued), Kola & Associates, Ltd., Glen Ellyn, IL, for Petitioners.

Linda Y. Cheng , Attorney (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and DARRAH, District Judge.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Lead petitioner Fatoumata Kone ("Kone"), her husband Lasanna Diarra ("Lasanna"), and their oldest daughter Kamissa Diarra ("Kamissa") are natives and citizens of Mali. They entered the United States on August 18, 2001 and remained in the country after the expiration of their visas. Kone and Lasanna then had a second daughter, Mariam, who by virtue of her birth here is a United States citizen. In 2006, Kone, as lead petitioner for her family...

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