Legal Opinion
RODRIGUEZ-VERA
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1979No. ID 2727PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2727 MATTER OF RODRIGUEZ-VERA In Deportation Proceedings A.-30250195 Decided by Board September 27, 1979 (1) The grant or denial of a motion to reopen is a discretionary determination with the outcome dependent in part upon the likelihood that the applicant will be granted the relief sought if reopening is permitted. (2) Reopening may not be had, as of right, upon a bare showing of statutory eligibility for the discretionary relief sought; rather, it is incumbent upon the alien to make a prima fade showing both that the statutory requirements for the relief sought have been…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. BagamasbadSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ernest Francis v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- MARINBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1978
- Erodina Urbano De Malaluan v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- LAMBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- A-GBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
- Lennox Thom v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- BAROCIOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
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