Legal Opinion
Romeo v. Centeno and Bruce A. Coane v. George P. Shultz, Secretary of State
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1987No. 87-2133PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
Romeo Centeno and Bruce Coane appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their lawsuit against the appellees. Because we find that the consular officer’s decision to deny Centeno a visa to enter this country was not reviewable by a federal court, we affirm the dismissal of the appellants’ lawsuit.
Romeo Centeno, a citizen of the Philippines, applied for a visitor’s visa to the United States on or around April 1, 1986. This application was denied by a consular official at the United States Embassy in Manila. Despite further efforts on behalf of Centeno by his brother-in-law, Bruce Coane, a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kleindienst v. MandelSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Te Kuei Liu v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
3Cited by27 opinions
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