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NWAOKOLO v. I.N.S.

No. 02-2964.

314 F.3d 303 (2002)

Philomena Iweka NWAOKOLO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Sklar, submitted, World Organization Against Torture USA, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

George P. Katsivalis, submitted, INS, Chicago, IL, Earle Wilson, Civ. Div., Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Philomena Nwaokolo asks that we stay her removal pending review of the denial of her petition to reopen the removal proceedings. We conclude that venue is proper in this court and that a stay is appropriate pending our plenary review of this matter. In our view, Ms. Nwaokolo has met her burden of establishing that she has a better than negligible chance of prevailing on the merits and that she and her daughter, an United States citizen, will suffer irreparable...

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