Legal Opinion

Leconte Fleurinor v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 30, 1978No. 78-1485PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner appealed a denial by the Immigration Judge of a petition to withhold deportation. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed that denial. This Court has jurisdiction to review the Board’s affirmance under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a).

In this appeal, petitioner raises three points. First, petitioner asks this Court to remand this cause to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for the purpose of considering additional “material” evidence, to wit: the latest report of Amnesty International concerning political conditions in Haiti. Second, petitioner asserts that in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Joseph Paul v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  4. Raymond Coriolan and Willy Bonannee v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Florentino A. Zamora v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Roberte Noel v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jean v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  3. Anibal S. Mazariegos v. Office of the U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
  4. Rene Carvajal-Munoz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  5. Haitian Refugee Center v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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