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GRABER, Circuit Judge: Defendants each were indicted in the District of Guam on one count of smuggling aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C: § 1324(a)(1)(A)(i). On July 12, 1999, the district court denied the government’s motion for a continuance and dismissed the indictments with prejudice under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(b). The government appealed, ar

Ct. App. Cal., 6th App. Dist. Certiorari denied.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California denied.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.' This case presents a question of first impression in this circuit: when United *541 States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved an 1-130 “immediate relative” visa petition based on.an alien’s marriage to a United States citizen, does the immigration court,

MEMORANDUM ** 1. The district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Appellant’s motion for a mistrial. Any harm engendered by the prosecution’s improper elicitation of Appellant’s custodial status was cured by the district court’s instructions admonishing the jury to disregard the Appellant’s custodial status. See United *773

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Yuan Qi Chen, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a September 5, 2008 order of the BIA affirming the December 4, 2007 *65decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Brigitte Laforest denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Yuan Qi

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, denied.

Petition for rehearing denied.

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Yuan Qi Chen, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a September 5, 2008 order of the BIA affirming the December 4, 2007 *65decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Brigitte Laforest denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Yuan Qi

SUMMARY ORDER Guo Yuan Zhou, through counsel, petitions for review of the BIA decision affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history. This Court reviews the IJ’s decision where, as here, the BIA summarily adopted or affirmed the IJ decision without opinion. See Twu

*680 SUMMARY ORDER Jian Yuan Wang, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a May 27, 2008 order of the BIA, affirming the January 18, 2007 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Barbara A. Nelson, who denied Wang’s applications for asylum, -withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Jian Yuan

KANNE, Circuit Judge. Chun Sui Yuan, a 36-year-old Chinese citizen, applied for asylum and withholding of removal based on his asserted opposition to China’s coercive population-control policy. Central to his eligibility for relief is Yuan’s testimony that employees of a government birth-control agency assaulted him because his girlfriend had failed to attend a medical examinati

*680 SUMMARY ORDER Jian Yuan Wang, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, seeks review of a May 27, 2008 order of the BIA, affirming the January 18, 2007 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Barbara A. Nelson, who denied Wang’s applications for asylum, -withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Jian Yuan

SUMMARY ORDER Petitioner Xin Yuan Zheng (“Zheng”) appeals from a May 7, 2008 decision of the BIA denying his appeal of the dismissal by Immigration Judge Barbara Nelson of his applications for asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“Act”), 8 U.S.C. § 1158, and withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(4), and his request for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“C

519 F.3d 376 (2008) YUAN GAO, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. No. 06-4431. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued December 11, 2007. Decided March 11, 2008. *377 Yongbing Zhang (argued), Wang, Leonard & Condon, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

SUMMARY ORDER At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 15th day of May, Two thousand and six. UPON DUE CONSIDERATION of this petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the petition for review is DENIED

SUMMARY ORDER Yuan Qing Wang, a native and citizen of China, seeks review of a March 29, 2007 order of the BIA, affirming the September 23, 2005 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Paul A. DeFonzo, which pretermitted his application for asylum and denied him withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Yuan Qing Wang, No. A97 549 652 (B.I.A. Mar. 29, 2007), aff'g N

PER CURIAM. Petitioner Xiu Li Yuan, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, unlawfully entered the United States on July 7, 2000 and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Yuan sought relief on the ground that the Chinese government forced her to have an abortion. See 8 U.S.C. § lI01(a)(42)(A). An I

SUMMARY ORDER Zhou Jin Yuan (A77-810-890) and her daughter Xiu Qin Lin (A77-810-891) petition for review of a March 1, 2005 BIA decision affirming Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Sandy Horn’s April 24, 2004 denial of Yuan’s third motion to reopen her removal proceedings, where Yuan and Lin were initially ordered removed in absentia on January 14, 2000. The record indicates that the IJ’s denial of Yuan’s first motion to reopen, filed

SUMMARY ORDER Zi Yuan Zhang, a native and citizen of a the People’s Republic of China (“China”), seeks review of a March 9, 2006 order of the BIA affirming the October 7, 2004 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) William F. Jankun denying petitioner’s applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Zi Yuan Zhang, No. A95 457 289 (B.I.A. March 9, 2006), aff'g