ELIEN v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1335.

364 F.3d 392 (2004)

Jean Prosper ELIEN, Petitioner, v. John D. ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan A. Roche, for petitioner.

Frances M. McLaughlin, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, were on brief, for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.


CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Jean Prosper Elien, a Haitian national and citizen, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal's (BIA) denial of his motion to reopen his deportation proceeding on account of changed conditions in Haiti. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

Elien entered the United States in 1981, as a non-immigrant visitor, and remained beyond his authorized stay. Thirteen years later, in 1994, the Immigration and Naturalization...

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