Legal Opinion
Atieh v. Riordan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 14, 2015No. 14-1947PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
To borrow a phrase often attributed to a homespun philosopher, Lawrence ‘Yogi” Berra, this case is déjá vu all over again. For a second time, Fuad Farouq Atieh and his wife Raniah appeal from a district court judgment affirming a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying Raniah’s petition to grant Fuad lawful permanent resident status. After careful consideration, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Fuad Atieh, a Jordanian national, entered the United States on a six-month visa in 1992. He overstayed, and roughly a decade later (on March 17, 2003), he was placed in…
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