Legal Opinion
Leguizamo-Medina v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 2007No. 06-4039PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Juana Leguizamo-Medina, a citizen of Mexico, lacks permission to be in the United States. She applied for adjustment of status as the spouse of a citizen, Florencio Ybarra, and swore that she was living with him. At the hearing, however, she gave a different address—and the agency produced an affidavit from Ybarra that the “marriage” was a sham, for which he had been paid. Ybarra withdrew the immediate-relative petition he had filed on behalf of Leguizamo-Medina, who nonetheless pressed on, this time with an application for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. §…
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3Cited by32 opinions
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