NWOLISE v. U.S. I.N.S.

No. 91-1173.

4 F.3d 306 (1993)

Johnmark Okey NWOLISE, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Andrew Bartos, Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, argued (Douglas L. Parker, on brief), for petitioner.

Kristen Ann Giuffreda, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued (Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard M. Evans, Asst. Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Stewart Deutsch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, on brief), for respondent.

Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and LEGG, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Johnmark Okey Nwolise petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) denying his motion to reopen his deportation proceeding. Nwolise moved to reopen his case in order to apply for discretionary relief in the form of a waiver of deportation pursuant to section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c).1 The Board...

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