Legal Opinion
Jose Roberto Canas-Segovia, Oscar Iban Canas-Segovia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1992No. 88-7444PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
In light of INS v. Elias-Zacarias, — U.S. —, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992), and subsequent events in this case, we remand with instructions to dismiss as moot Oscar Canas-Segovia’s petition for relief and to grant Jose Canas-Segovia’s petition based on the theory of imputed political opinion.
I
Oscar has married a United States citizen, received conditional residence status pursuant to 8 U.S.C, § 1186a, and returned to El Salvador to receive his immigrant visa. By so doing, he abandoned his request for relief.
II
In Elias-Zacarias, the Court made clear that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
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