Legal Opinion

Victoria Lamadora Vergel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 2, 1976No. 75-1526PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Victoria Lamadora Vergel, a Philippine citizen, petitions for review of the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (INS) decision to deport her and its subsequent denial of her request to reopen the proceedings.

Ms. Vergel entered the United States in August, 1970, accompanying the invalid four-year-old daughter of Dr. Raynaldo Tiojanco, M.D. and his wife, Dr. Milagros Tiojanco, M.D., who had immigrated to this country in 1966. The child, Maria, was born with cerebral palsy and was so extremely frail that she was unable to travel to the United States with her parents. They…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Ernest Francis v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
Russell Bufalino v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
Louis Gena v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
Jose Luna-Benalcazar v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by18 opinions

Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Duval County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
George Bernard Nicholas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
Ramona Zamora-Garcia v. United States Department of Justice Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
Maria Tovar v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
Pasquini v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983

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