United States Seventh Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals appropriately dismissed an appeal under 8 C.F.R. section 3.1(d)(2)(i)(D) for failure to file a brief, thus an order denying asylum and granting voluntary departure to Nigeria is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/16/2003
• Decided 03/31/2003
• Published 03/31/2003

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harold D. Block (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• George P. Katsivalis, Dept. of Homeland Security, Office of the Dist. Counsel, Chicago, IL, Anthony W. Norwood (argued), DOJ, Civ. Div., Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondents.