Where a petitioner from Guatemala sought review of an order denying her motion to reopen her removal proceedings, the petition for review is denied because the Board of Immigration did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion. Petition for ...

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Where a petitioner from Kenya argued that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in failing to treat his motion to reopen as unopposed, the denial of an unopposed motion is not presumptively an abuse of discretion, so the board did ...

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Petitioner, a citizen of Liberia, petitioned for review of the Bureau of Immigration Appeal’s order denying his motion to reopen his removal proceedings. Where there was no basis in the record to warrant reopening petitioner’s removal proceedings, the court denied ...

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Petitioner petitioned for review of the denial of his motion to reopen his in absentia deportation proceedings held in 1994, arguing that he did not receive adequate notice of the charges against him. Where petitioner acknowledged receiving an order to ...

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Where a petitioner challenged the denial of his motion to reopen, alleging changed circumstances in Mexico, the petitioner’s evidence of vague and unfulfilled threats failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution, and there was no ...

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  Petitioner petitioned for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ dismissal of her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision to deny petitioner’s motion to reopen proceedings. Where BIA did not abuse its discretion in dismiss petitioner’s appeal of the ...

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Payeras v. Sessions (MLW No. 71990/Case No. 17-1584 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

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Alvarado-Arenas v. Sessions (MLW No. 70325/Case No. 15-2987 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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Villatoro-Ochoa v. Lynch (MLW No. 70066/Case No. 15-3103 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)

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Zeah v. Lynch (MLW No. 69403/Case No. 15-2466 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)

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Diaz v. Lynch (MLW No. 69247/Case No. 15-3195 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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