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AJOSE v. GONZALES

No. 03-4243.

408 F.3d 393 (2005)

Olajumoke Abiola AJOSE, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 18, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Babatunde A. Irukera (argued), Olusola O. Oyeyemi, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Dept. of Homeland Security Office of District Counsel, Blair T. O'Connor (argued), Keith I. Bernstein, Dept. of Justice Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A citizen of Nigeria, Olajumoke Abiola Ajose entered the United States from Mexico by stealth in 1999. After being caught, she claimed asylum on the ground that she would be subject to religious persecution if repatriated. The immigration judge disbelieved her story, and the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed the appeal in February 2003 after her lawyer neglected to file a brief. Eight months later Ajose filed a motion to reopen, asserting...

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