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BA v. HOLDER

No. 08-3478.

561 F.3d 604 (2009)

Aminata Ibra BA, Petitioner, v. Eric HOLDER, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Brian C. DiFranco, DiFranco Law Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Petitioner. Margaret Anne O'Donnell, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: NORRIS, COOK, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Aminata Ibra Ba, a citizen of Mauritania, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention against Torture, alleging racial persecution. The merits of her claims are not before us, however, because the immigration judge issued a removal order in absentia after she failed to appear for her hearing. He subsequently denied her motion to reopen, a decision affirmed by the...

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