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ODEI v. GARLAND

No. 21-1315.

71 F.4th 75 (2023)

Ebenezer ODEI, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 15, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stella B. Angwafo and Stella B. Angwafo Law Office on brief for petitioner.

Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, John S. Hogan , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Andrea Gevas , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Selya and Gelpí, Circuit Judges.

This case has its roots in a land grab that occurred long ago and far away. The petitioner, Ebenezer Odei, traces his membership in a particular social group back to events that occurred in his native Ghana in 1984 and claims that — if repatriated — he has a reasonable fear of persecution on account of his membership...

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