Legal Opinion
Mele v. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 19, 2015No. 13-1917PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Marwan Mele seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision dismissing his application for adjustment of status and ordering him removed. Because we lack jurisdiction over that discretionary decision, we dismiss the petition for review.
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Mele was born in Jordan in 1962. In May of 1992, he was admitted to the United States on a non-immigrant visa, which authorized him to stay in the country for sixty days. Mele did not comply with that limitation and he has remained in the United States since 1992. Immigration authorities initiated removal proceedings in…
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