Legal Opinion
CASTILLO-SEDANO
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1975No. ID 2427PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2427 MATTER OF CASTILLO—SEDANO In Exclusion Proceedings A-31284721 Decided by Board September 5, 1975 As the California decree of annulment of applicant's marriage to a United States citizen was a default judgment procured by applicant's wife, and the evidence adduced at the hearing before the immigration judge showed that no fraud was involved, the relation- back doctrine as set forth in Matter ofSandi,
14 I. & N. Dec. 625, is not followed with respect to the annulment of applicant's marriage, since to do so would result in a gross miscarriage of justice (Matter of B-,
3 I. &…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sefton v. SeftonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Nabil George Yaldo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- SAMEDIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1974
- TBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1959