Court Opinion

ID: 9497470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:52:13.813471+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:58:13.011787
License: Public Domain

LAY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I fully concur in Judge Stapleton’s well-reasoned opinion. I write separately to point out that I have participated in two Eighth Circuit cases, i.e., Wolde v. Ashcroft, 107 Fed.Appx. 13 (8th Cir.2004) (non-published), and Loulou v. Ashcroft, 354 F.3d 706 (8th Cir.2003), in accord with the reasoning of Ngure v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 975 (8th Cir.2004). In Ngure, the Eighth Circuit has stated that the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision to issue an affirmance without opinion was not subject to judicial review. I believe that the analysis by Judge Stapleton in the instant case is the correct analysis and I write solely to explain my reason for joining his opinion rather than adhering to the opinion in Ngure.