United States Sixth Circuit

A Nigerian citizen's petition for review of the BIA's affirmance of an IJ's denial of an application for waiver of inadmissibility, asylum and related relief, and an order denying petitioner's motion to reconsider is denied where: 1) although petitioner has a plausible argument that the BIA's rejection of his pro se brief in the absence of his attorney's signature constituted a defect in his removal proceedings, he is unable to demonstrate that he was prejudiced by the existence of any such defect; and 2) petitioner has waived any challenge to the BIA's denial of his motion for reconsideration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2010
• Published 08/02/2010

Judges

• GILMAN

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian C. DiFranco, Jesse Lloyd Busen