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AWOLESI v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-2435.

341 F.3d 227 (2003)

Joseph AWOLESI and Ebenezer Awolesi, Petitioners v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 15, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Heller (Argued), Cranford, NJ, for Petitioners.

Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., Senior Litigation Counsel, David E. Dauenheimer (Argued), Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and AMBRO, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of an extremely terse (four sentence) order by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), reversing the decision of the Immigration Judge ("IJ") granting the applications for asylum of petitioners, Joseph Awolesi ("Awolesi"), and his son Ebenezer (whose claim is derivative of Joseph's). Awolesi testified before the IJ that his brother, Matthew Awolesi ("Matthew"), a member of the pro...

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