Legal Opinion
Philip Thomas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 5, 1992No. 91-1867PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
This petition for review presents the question whether the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion in affirming a deportation order made during an in ab-sentia hearing. The facts in this case are not disputed. Thomas, a native of Trinidad, legally entered the United States as an immigrant in 1980. In November 1984, he was convicted in a Massachusetts district court of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (a baseball bat). The court sentenced him to two years imprisonment. Subsequently, in June 1986, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) issued an order to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kishin Ramchand Balani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Tameshwar Sewak v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Erskine Alleyne v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Bhima Nathubhai Patel v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Thomas Leblanc and Marie Margaret Leblanc v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Alexander Twum v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Ranjit Singh v. Immigration and Naturalization ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Vikesh Datt SHARMA; Vijanti Devi Sharma, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Natalia Nazarova v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Saeed Ghasemimehr v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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