United States Seventh Circuit

Petition by a Nigerian-born citizen of the United Kingdom for review of denial of his motion to reopen asylum proceedings is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the IJ's determination that petitioner failed to demonstrate exceptional circumstances required to reopen was a factual one not subject to appellate review.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/05/2008
• Decided 10/24/2008
• Published 10/24/2008

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Raymond J. Sanders (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Manuel A. Palau (argued), Siu Ping Wong, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.