Legal Opinion

Fong Choi Yu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 1, 1971No. 26615PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Per curiam

Petitioner seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying suspension of petitioner’s deportation, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1254(a) (D-

No abuse of discretion in denying suspension appears on the record. Proof of a petitioner’s eligibility for suspension does not compel the granting of that relief. (United States ex rel. Hintopoulos v. Shaughnessy (1957) 353 U.S. 72, 77 S.Ct. 618, 1 L.Ed.2d 652; MacKay v. McAlexander (9th Cir. 1959) 268 F.2d 35, 40.) That petitioner would suffer economic hardship from deportation is insufficient to require an exercise of the Board’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Hintopoulos v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Hamish Scott MacKay Apellant v. Eugene D. McAlexander Acting District Director, District 31, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Kishin Ramchand Balani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
  2. Khapabhai Dahyabhai Patel and Pramilaben Khapabhai Patel v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  3. Jong Ha Wang and Kyung Hwa Wang v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  4. Dong Hyung Lee v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  5. Cecelia Pelaez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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