Egil D. Lauvik v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
The district court granted summary judgment to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), affirming the denial of Egil Lauvik’s request for an extension of treaty investor status. Lauvik appeals. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
Egil Lauvik, a citizen of Norway, invested $150,000 as a down payment on the purchase of a $375,000 motel/trailer park in Westport, Washington. INS granted him permission to stay one year as an E-2 nonimmigrant treaty investor. INS later extended his status for an additional year. On his application form, Lauvik wrote that he came to the…
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