Legal Opinion
Shon Ning Lee v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1978No. 77-2681PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
Shon Ning Lee petitions this court to review the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals of her motion to reopen her deportation proceedings. The BIA treated the motion as a new application for permanent resident status and denied it on the grounds that a visa was not available to Lee on its filing date.
The major issue is whether the motion to reopen is a new application or a renewal of a previously denied application. If it is a renewal, as Lee argues, a visa could be available to Lee. If the former, the BIA was correct in finding Lee ineligible for resident status. We have concluded that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States Immigration & Naturalization Service v. HibiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sun Il Yoo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Eugenio Reyes Guinto v. George K. Rosenberg, District Director Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
3Cited by7 opinions
- Ka Fung Chan v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Narciso Edgardo Inciong Villena v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Mildred A. Simon, Beth Jami Simon and Seth Eric Simon v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Miguel Mendoza-Hernandez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Galvez v. HowertonDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1980
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