Philomena Iweka Nwaokolo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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• finding that the Board had failed to indicate that it had considered all of the material facts and circumstances
• finding that the Board had failed to indicate that it had considered all of the material facts and circumstances
• finding that the Board had failed to indicate that it had considered all of the material facts and circumstances
• noting that in Nigeria, which shares a border with Cameroon, women are sub- jected to FGM “anytime from a few days after birth to a few days after death”
• granting a stay of removal for mother where daughter would suffer irreparable injury if made to accompany mother to Nigeria and undergo female genital mutilation
• granting reopening to determine whether a mother could obtain relief under the Convention Against Torture based on the fear that her four-year old daughter would face involuntary FGM if she were deported

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).