NAZAKAT v. I.N.S.

No. 91-9558.

981 F.2d 1146 (1992)

Yousef NAZAKAT, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kowalski, Denver, CO, for petitioner.

Robert Kendall, Jr. (Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard M. Evans, Asst. Director, and Ellen Sue Shapiro, Atty., Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, with him on the brief), Atty., Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, for respondent.

Before TACHA and BRORBY, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Yousef Nazakat requests review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) summary dismissal of his appeal from a deportation order for failing to specify the reasons for his appeal. Mr. Nazakat argues that the BIA's summary dismissal was inappropriate, an abuse of discretion, and a denial of fundamental fairness and due process. We exercise jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) and affirm.

Petitioner Nazakat, a citizen...

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