OKPA v. U.S. I.N.S.

No. 97-2358.

266 F.3d 313 (2001)

Agwu OKPA, a/k/a Okpa Agwu Okpa, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 28, 2001.

Amended October 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Taiwo A. Agbaje, Agbaje & Associates, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Petitioner.

Papu Sandhu, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

ON BRIEF: Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Allen W. Hausman, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC., for Respondent.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Okpa Agwu Okpa petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying him a waiver of inadmissibility under INA § 212(i), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(i)(1). Okpa claims that the BIA erred in applying retroactively the version of § 212(i) as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). In the alternative, he argues that the BIA abused its discretion in not...

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