Legal Opinion

Westover v. Reno

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided February 9, 2000No. 99-1564PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Diana Westover 1 is a native of Tanzania who married her American fiancé after removal proceedings against her commenced in 1992. Westover has remained in the United States for the past eight years while proceedings against her have been pending. She seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) final order of removal. In issuing the order, the BIA upheld the decision of the Immigration Judge finding Westover removable and denying her applications for the discretionary relief of adjustment of status and voluntary departure. Certain actions by the INS in this case…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  4. Julio Lozada v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  5. Bernal-Vallejo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  3. Garcia-Aguilar v. LynchCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  4. Davila v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Florencio Cuevas v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013

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