KASSIM v. BARR

No. 18-3618.

954 F.3d 1138 (2020)

Ahmed Shariif KASSIM Petitioner v. William P. BARR, Attorney General of the United States Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth G. Bentley , Andrew P. Leiendecker , Eli M. Temkin , Jones & Day, Minneapolis, MN, Benjamin C. Mizer , Jones & Day, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Ahmed Shariif Kassim, Elk River, MN, Pro. Se.

Edward C. Durant , Carl H. McIntyre , John Frederick Stanton , Claire Workman , Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, GRASZ and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


The overarching question in this case is whether the Board of Immigration Appeals applied its own standard of review correctly. After an immigration judge granted a waiver of inadmissibility and deferral of removal to Ahmed Shariif Kassim, the Board reversed both decisions. Kassim claims that, in doing so, the Board improperly...

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