Legal Opinion
Geronima Mayo v. Thomas J. Schiltgen, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1990No. 90-5425PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
Geronima Mayo appeals the district court’s 1 denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which she sought review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision excluding her from the United States. The BIA upheld an immigration judge’s order of exclusion based on the judge’s findings that 1) Mayo was not eligible for her visa because she was married, and 2) Mayo materially misrepresented her marital status to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Petitioner then sought relief in district court and filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The…
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