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ESENWAH v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1785.

378 F.3d 763 (2004)

Tony ESENWAH, Petitioner, v. John D. ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Groneck, St. Louis, MO, for petitioner.

Julia K. Doig, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Tony Esenwah, a native and citizen of Nigeria, appeals from a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order denying his motion for reconsideration of the BIA decision affirming the order of an Immigration Judge (IJ) denying Esenwah's claim for asylum and ordering him removed from the United States. We affirm the denial of his motion for reconsideration.

Esenwah, a member of the Ibo tribe and a Christian, was born in Bida, Nigeria, where Christians...

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