Legal Opinion
Cantwell v. Holder
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 6, 2014No. 12 Civ. 9042(AKH)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION REVERSING BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS AND DIRECTING IT TO UPHOLD ORDER OF NEW YORK FAMILY COURT
ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, District Judge:
Plaintiffs’ appeal from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) refusing to recognize an order of the New York Family Court in Westchester County that conferred adoptive status on plaintiff Samuel Alexander Edwards. I hold, following the decisions of other United States District Courts, that the BIA erred, that it should have given full faith and credit to the decision of the New York Family Court, and I reverse the BIA decision…
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