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ODINAKA ETHELBERTH NWOSU v. TODD W. BLANCHE, Acting U.S. Attorney General

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 29, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Glenn Eric Sproull, PALMER REY, PLLC, Southfield, Michigan, for Petitioner.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Jennifer P. Williams, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; LARSEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: On Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals

MURPHY, Circuit Judge. After the government sought to remove Odinaka Ethelberth Nwosu to Nigeria, he requested withholding of removal and cancellation of removal. To support his withholding-of-removal claim, Nwosu alleged that individuals in Nigeria had kidnapped his father back in 2004. To support his cancellation-of-removal claim, Nwosu alleged that his removal would significantly harm his children. But an immigration judge rejected his withholding claim because he did not corroborate his testimony about the kidnapping with other evidence. And the judge rejected his cancellation claim because he did not introduce evidence to establish that his partner lacked the means to support their children by herself. Nwosu challenges these conclusions, but his arguments rest on a misunderstanding of the law. We thus deny his petition for review.

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