Legal Opinion
Felipe Perez v. Lee Cissna
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2019No. 18-1330PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the application of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J), a means for immigrant children to become lawful permanent residents of the United States if they meet the statutory special immigrant juvenile ("SIJ") requirements. One of the requirements is a qualifying state court custody order. Today, we address the narrow question of whether the temporary, ex parte emergency order presented by Felipe Perez Perez qualifies as a predicate state court custody order for the SIJ application. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (the "Agency"), the…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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