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Lang Fong Pritchett v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 14, 1993No. 92-5043PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:.

Lang Fong Pritchett has brought this petition for review to challenge the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of her motion to reopen her administrative proceedings and stay her deportation. Pritchett based this motion on her husband’s pending petition for an immediate relative visa and her concurrent application for an adjustment of status. Finding that the BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Pritchett’s motion to reopen, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Lang Fong Pritchett, a native and citizen of Malaysia, was admitted to enter the United States in 1980 on a non-immigrant visa.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. AbuduSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-PinedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Fidelis Osuchukwu v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Yu Zhao v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  2. Efe v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  3. Lara v. TrominskiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  4. Thuy-Xuan Mai v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
  5. Manzano-Garcia v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005

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