1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 290 F.3d
  5. 290 F.3d 166 (2002)
 

SEVOIAN v. ASHCROFT

No. 00-2369.

290 F.3d 166 (2002)

Tengiz SEVOIAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis Polk & Wardwell, James I. Rim (Argued), New York, NY, for Petitioner.

David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, Papu Sandhu (Argued), Senior Litigation Counsel, Terri J. Scadron, John M. McAdams, Jr. Office of Immigration Litigation Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: SCIRICA, AMBRO, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Tengiz Sevoian, a citizen of the Republic of Georgia, petitions for review of the refusal of the United States Board of Immigration Appeals to reopen his removal proceeding. Sevoian originally sought asylum and withholding of deportation on the grounds that he would face religious and ethnic persecution if returned to Georgia. After a hearing, the Immigration Judge and then the Board of Immigration Appeals...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases