Conteh v. Attorney General of the United States

Type

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

Nov. 23, 2011

Case

Conteh v. Attorney General of the United States

Case status

Decided

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*218 OPINION PER CURIAM. Aloysious Allie Conteh petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which dismissed his appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) final removal order. We will deny the petition for review. I. Because the parties are familiar with the history and facts of the case, we will recount the events in summary fashion. Conteh, a native and citizen of Sierra Leone, was admitted to the United States on December 7, 1988, as a non-immigrant visitor with authorization to remain for six months. Conteh overstayed his visitor’s visa, and in October 1998 he was served with an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) and charged as deportable. Conteh conceded deportability, but sought asylum and related relief. In February 1996, the IJ denied Conteh asylum, but granted him voluntary departure. Conteh appealed to the BIA. Due to an inability to locate or recreate the record of the Immigration Court proceedings, the BIA administratively closed Conteh’s case in 2002. In 2004, the BIA remanded the case to the IJ on the Government’s motion for a de novo hearing on the merits, and in 2006 the IJ granted Conteh asylum. The Government appealed, and the BIA held Co…

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