Legal Opinion

Sarmadi v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 11, 1997No. 96-70785PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether we have jurisdiction to review a Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of a motion to reopen deportation proceedings where an alien has been ordered deported on account of his conviction for certain crimes.

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Seffatollah Sarmadi is a forty-three year old native and citizen of Iran. He arrived in the United States in 1973 to receive training as a member of the Iranian Air Force. He deserted the Iranian Air Force later that year and remained in the United States. In 1981, Sarmadi married a woman who eventually became a naturalized U.S. citizen in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Giova v. RosenbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5453, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7461, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12,266, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8897 Alfredo Aries Duldulao, Jr. v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  3. King Sang Chow v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  4. Stefan Walter Wiedersperg v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  5. 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8182, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,076 Domingo Guevara Caruncho Susan Baylon Caruncho Sir Jason Baylon Caruncho Ser Nelson Baylon Caruncho Richardson Baylon Caruncho v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Sir Jason Baylon Caruncho v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  2. Maria Isabel Gonzalez De Martinez v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  3. Mejia Rodriguez v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
  4. Bassel Nabih Assaad v. John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  5. Ghahremani v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007

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