Legal Opinion
Firestone v. Howerton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1982No. 81-5241PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Fred Firestone, an 81 year-old immigrant from the Soviet Union, entered this country in 1920. He was a member of the Workers Communist Party from 1928 to 1940, but an immigration judge dismissed deportation proceedings against him in 1964 because the government failed to prove he had been a “meaningful member.”
In 1977, he applied for adjustment of status to that of a permanent resident under 8 U.S.C. § 1259.1 That provision permits adjustment of status unless the petitioner is inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a). The District Director, Immigration and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Leng May Ma v. BarberSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by22 opinions
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