YUSUF v. GARLAND

No. 20-2316.

8 F.4th 738 (2021)

Deqa Mohamed YUSUF, Petitioner v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the petitioner and appeared on the petitioner's brief, was law student attorney Marisa Tillman , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the petitioner's brief; Supervising attorneys Linus Chan , of Minneapolis, MN., Benjamin Casper Sanchez , of Minneapolis, MN., Mary Georgevich , of Saint Paul, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the respondent was Jenny Lee , USDOJ, OIL, of Washington, DC. The following attorney(s) appeared on the respondent's brief; Patricia E. Bruckner , USDOJ, OIL, of Washington, DC.

Before KELLY, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


Deqa Mohamed Yusuf was lawfully admitted to the United States as a refugee in 1998 but never naturalized. In 2012, she pleaded guilty to unintentional second-degree felony murder and was ordered removed to Somalia as a result of the conviction. See Minn. Stat. § 609.19, subdiv. 2(1) (1998); 8 U.S...

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