AFANWI v. MUKASEY

No. 06-1236.

526 F.3d 788 (2008)

Joseph AFANWI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lawrence David Rosenberg, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Jennifer Jeanette Keeney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Kelly M. Cullen, Jones Day, Dallas, Texas; Julia C. Ambrose, Esther Slater McDonald, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Michelle Gorden Latour, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and T.S. ELLIS, III, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


OPINION

ELLIS, Senior District Judge:

In this immigration and asylum case, petitioner Joseph Afanwi, a citizen of Cameroon, seeks review of three Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) orders: (i) a November 29, 2005 Order affirming an immigration judge's denial of Afanwi's asylum claim; (ii) a February 13, 2006 Order denying Afanwi's motion to rescind and reissue the November 29 Order; and (iii) a May 12, 2006 Order denying Afanwi's motion to reopen immigration...

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