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AKINYEMI v. I.N.S.

No. 91-3348.

969 F.2d 285 (1992)

Henry N. AKINYEMI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph M. Schelly (argued), Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Fred Foreman, U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, Ill., William J. Howard (argued), David J. Kline, Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Richard L. Thornburg, U.S. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., A.D. Moyer, Michael L. Harper, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, I.N.S., Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Before CUMMINGS, POSNER, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Henry Akinyemi, a Nigerian national who has been ordered deported, appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that refused to grant him a discretionary waiver of deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). Mr. Akinyemi argues that the BIA abused its discretion in denying him relief.1 For the following reasons, we grant the petition for review...

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