Legal Opinion
Kamal Refahiyat v. United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1994No. 93-9544PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.
This is a petition for review of the order of deportation entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals in connection with the status of Kamal Refahiyat, a native and citizen of Iran. The issue presented is whether the Board properly exercised its discretion in denying petitioner’s motion to remand the matter for the purpose of considering his conversion to Christianity and his request for asylum.
The relevant facts in this case do not appear to be in dispute. The petitioner entered the United States in 1977 as an immigrant student. Upon a reported marriage…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Roberto Antonio Aguilera-Cota v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Jan Kapcia v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Stanislaw Saulo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Dilcia Reyes De Valle v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Hamid Shoaee v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Ferry v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Mohammed Elboukili v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- Abdulla Omer Abdulrahman v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Juan Carlos Gamarra-Carrera, Ana Maria Gamarra, Juan Carlos Gamarra, Rosana Gamarra v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Ljubisa Filimonovic v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
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