ENEUGWU v. GARLAND

No. 20-61162.

54 F.4th 315 (2022)

Bobby Onyeka ENEUGWU; Odera Obinna Eneugwu, Petitioners, v. Merrick GARLAND, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raed Gonzalez, Esq. , Senior Attorney, Gonzalez Olivieri, L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Petitioners.

James Adelbert Hurley , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Jones, Southwick, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


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