Cases

MEMORANDUM OPINION AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge Petitioner is a District of Columbia prisoner currently incarcerated at the Hazel-ton Federal Correctional Institution in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. He is serving an aggregate sentence of 20 years to life for multiple convictions that include first-degree murder while armed, assault wi

Petition for writ of certiorari before judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

SUMMARY ORDER Edmonda Daci, a native and citizen of Albania, seeks review of a December 18, 2007 order of the BIA affirming the October 4, 2006 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Steven R. Abrams, denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Edmonda Daci, No. A98 560 677 (B.I.A. Dec. 18, 2007), affg No. A98 560 677 (Immig. Ct. N

SUMMARY ORDER Edmonda Daci, a native and citizen of Albania, seeks review of a December 18, 2007 order of the BIA affirming the October 4, 2006 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Steven R. Abrams, denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Edmonda Daci, No. A98 560 677 (B.I.A. Dec. 18, 2007), affg No. A98 560 677 (Immig. Ct. N

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Evgueni Grebnev, a native and citizen of Russia, seeks review of a March 31, 2003 order of the BIA, affirming the April 6, 2000 decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) which denied his application for asylum and withholding of removal. In re Evgueni Grebnev, No. A72 779 549 (B.I.A. March 31, 2003), aff'g No. A72 779 549 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City April 6, 2000). We assume the parties’ familiarity

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Xue Feng Dong, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of the March 10, 2004 order of the BIA denying his motions to reconsider and reopen. In re Xue Feng Dong, No. A76 506 695 (B.I.A. Mar. 10, 2004). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case. Because Dong appears pro se, we have construed his argume

SUMMARY ORDER UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the petition is DENIED, and that petitioner’s motion for a stay of deportation is DISMISSED as moot. Petitioner Kirk Pritchard, a native and citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, seeks review of a November 18, 2003 decision of the Board of Immigration Ap

Judge STRAUB concurs in a separate opinion. JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge: Petitioner, a legal permanent resident alien, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the immigration judge’s denial of cancellation of removal for failure to satisfy the seven-year continuous residence requirement of INA § 240A(d), 8 U.S.C. § 1229b. Because petitioner’s removal proceedings were

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Evgueni Grebnev, a native and citizen of Russia, seeks review of a March 31, 2003 order of the BIA, affirming the April 6, 2000 decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) which denied his application for asylum and withholding of removal. In re Evgueni Grebnev, No. A72 779 549 (B.I.A. March 31, 2003), aff'g No. A72 779 549 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City April 6, 2000). We assume the parties’ familiarity

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Abiodun Oduko, a native and citizen of Nigeria, seeks review of a May 25, 2006, order of the BIA affirming the January 11, 2005, decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Alan L. Page, finding the petitioner to be an arriving alien who was inadmissible based on a conviction for a crime of moral turpitude and denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal, and from the July 29, 2005, order of t

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Xue Feng Dong, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of the March 10, 2004 order of the BIA denying his motions to reconsider and reopen. In re Xue Feng Dong, No. A76 506 695 (B.I.A. Mar. 10, 2004). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case. Because Dong appears pro se, we have construed his argume

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Yulieht Rendon Porras, a native and citizen of Colombia, seeks review of a June 5, 2006 order of the BIA summarily dismissing her appeal from the February 10, 2005 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Noel Ferris denying Porras’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Yulieht Rendon-Porras, No. A76 479 861 (B.I.A. June 5,

SUMMARY ORDER Hatiem Ali Omar (“Omar”) petitions for review of a final order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) finding that he is ineligible for relief under former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (repealed 1996) (“§ 212(c)”), and denying withholding of removal, 8 U.S.C. § 1281(b)(3)(A), and protection under the United Na

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Eka Putra Halim, an ethnic Chinese native and citizen of Indonesia, seeks review of a March 6, 2007 order of the BIA affirming the July 20, 2004 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Sarah M. Burr pretermitting Halim’s application for asylum, and denying his application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Eka Putra Halim, No. A 97 150 029

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Driton Brahimi, a native of Yugoslavia who was ordered removed to Serbia-Montenegro, seeks review of a April 18, 2007 order of the BIA affirming the October 19, 2005 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Barbara A. Nelson denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In Re Driton Brahimi, No. A98 477 621 (B.I.A. Apr. 18, 200

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Volodymyr Gembel, a citizen of Ukraine, seeks review of an October 23, 2002, order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), dismissing Gembel’s appeal of an August 7, 2001, order of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Alan L. Page, denying Gembel’s application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Gembel, No. A 76 019 769 (B.I.A. Oct. 23, 2002), aff'g

SUMMARY ORDER Agostin Vukaj, a citizen of Albania, seeks review of an April 21, 2006 order of the BIA affirming the December 14, 2004 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Paul A. DeFonzo denying Vukaj’s claims for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In Re Agostin Vukaj, No. A 95 462.530 (B.I.A. Apr. 21, 2006), aff’g No. A 95 462 530 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City De

SUMMARY ORDER Dritan Gashi, a native of the former Yugoslavia, seeks review of a December *7527, 2005, order of the BIA affirming the August 20, 2004, decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Annette S. Elstein denying his claims for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In Re Dritan Gashi, No. A 78 689 299 (B.I.A

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Luan Shkreli, a native and citizen of Albania, seeks review of a March 27, 2006 order of the BIA affirming the December 7, 2004 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Gabriel C. Videla, denying petitioner’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal. In re Luan Shkreli, No. A97-162-851 (B.I.A. March 27, 2006), aff'g No. A97-162-851 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Dec. 7, 2004).

462 F.Supp.2d 285 (2006) Wesley RODNEY, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Civil No. 3:05CV479 (PCD). United States District Court, D. Connecticut. November 20, 2006. *286 Michael J. Boyle, North Haven, CT, for Petitioner. Douglas P. Morabito, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Haven, CT, for Respo