Legal Opinion
Oscar Socop-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Opinion
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2000No. 98-70782PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Oscar A. Socop-Gonzalez was given incorrect information by an INS officer regarding the appropriate procedures for legalizing his immigration status. So-cop-Gonzalez relied on that information and, as a result, he did not file the necessary motion to reopen deportation proceedings against him until after the statute of limitations had expired. Two questions are presented for our review. First, we must decide whether the government is equitably estopped from enforcing the statute of limitations against Socop-Gonza-lez. Second, we must decide whether these…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Heckler v. ChaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by26 opinions
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