Legal Opinion
Wood v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 2008No. 06-2550PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Lolita Wood, a native and citizen of Lithuania who overstayed her visitor’s visa, married a U.S. citizen during the final stages of her removal proceedings. In a last-ditch effort to stave off removal to her native country, she requested a continuance to apply for adjustment of status as the spouse of a U.S. citizen. An immigration judge (“IJ”) denied her request because Wood had already received a 14-month continuance by presenting herself as the “wife” of her asylum-seeking Lithuanian ex-husband at an earlier removal hearing. Wood appealed the IJ’s ruling to the Board…
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