MAHAMAT v. GONZALES

No. 04-9571.

430 F.3d 1281 (2005)

Abdallah Hassan MAHAMAT, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hakeem Ishola, Salt Lake City, UT, for Petitioner.**

Richard M. Evans, Marshall Tamor Golding, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington D.C., for Respondent.

Before TYMKOVICH, PORFILIO, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

This petition for review challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA's) decision rejecting petitioner Abdallah Hassan Mahamat's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. We deny the petition.

BACKGROUND

In 1998, Mr. Mahamat, a native and citizen of Chad, entered the United States on a non-immigrant tourist visa. He overstayed his visa and married Safia Ibrahim, a Sudanese national, who has since become a U.S...

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