SIWE v. HOLDER

No. 12-60546.

742 F.3d 603 (2014)

Joel Happy SIWE, also known as Joel Monthe Knouobite, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Evertsen Ward , Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Anthony Cardozo Payne , Senior Litigation Counsel, David V. Bernal , Assistant Director, Tangerlia Cox , Sarah Maloney , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before JONES, WIENER, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Joel Happy Siwe ("Siwe"), a native and citizen of Cameroon, arrived in the United States in August 2001 on a visitor's visa. He subsequently applied for and was granted asylum. Several years later, the government instituted removal proceedings because of Siwe's criminal convictions, discussed below. Before the Immigration Judge ("IJ"), Siwe argued that he should not be removed because he was entitled to adjust his status from asylee...

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