Legal Opinion
Karl Linnas v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 8, 1986No. 895, Docket 85-4163PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, Karl Linnas, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) determining that petitioner must be deported to the Soviet Union. The BIA ordered Linnas deported under section 241(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a), because of Linnas’ active participation in the Nazi persecution of Estonian Jews during World War II. The Soviet Union was designated as the country of deportation pursuant to section 243(a) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a).
Linnas now seeks review of the determination of the BIA on the ground…
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