Legal Opinion
Ilocia Antoine-Dorcelli v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 28, 1983No. 82-1344PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner appeals from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) affirming an immigration judge’s denial of her application for suspension of deportation to Haiti. The Board concluded that petitioner will not suffer extreme hardship if she is deported. We think the Board exercised its discretion arbitrarily and irrationally in this case and, therefore, we reverse its decision not to suspend deportation and remand the case to the Board for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Petitioner is a single, forty-nine year old native and citizen of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Moore v. City of East ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Village of Belle Terre v. BoraasSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha WangSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jorge Santana-Figueroa v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Rosa Mejia-Carrillo, Juan Antonio Banuelos-Mejia v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Bernal-Vallejo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Rodolfo N. Sotto v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. HectorSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Ramona Zamora-Garcia v. United States Department of Justice Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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