MAHMOOD v. SESSIONS

No. 16-1438.

849 F.3d 187 (2017)

Riaz MAHMOOD, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley Bruce Banias , BARNWELL, WHALEY, PATTERSON, AND HELMS, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Petitioner. Tiffany L. Walters , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Anthony C. Payne , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition denied by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Diaz joined.


Riaz Mahmood, a native and citizen of Pakistan who was granted asylum in the United States in 1997, voluntarily applied in 2011 for adjustment of his asylum status to the status of a lawful permanent resident, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1159(b). His application was granted in 2012. The Attorney General thereafter sought...

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