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201623P.pdf 07/15/2021 Abrahim Fofana v. Alejandro Mayorkas
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-1623
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Immigration. In an action for adjustment of status to legal
permanent resident status, the district court erred in granting summary
judgment for plaintiff on the ground that the doctrine of issue preclusion
barred the government's rationale for denying the application for
adjustment of status; the issue of whether plaintiff solicited funds for a
terrorist organization was not actually litigated in his earlier asylum
proceeding, and the doctrine of issue preclusion did not apply; reversed
and remanded for further proceedings.