Legal Opinion
Eshghan Khodagholian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2003No. 02-71317PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.
A non-citizen who has obtained the status of a lawful permanent resident — commonly described as someone who has a “green card” — may lose that valuable status, and the right to remain in this country, if he or she is determined to have abandoned that status. That is the prospect facing Eshghan Khodagholian, a native and citizen of Iran. He petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming a determination by an immigration judge (“IJ”) that he was subject to removal because he had abandoned his status as a lawful permanent…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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