Legal Opinion
Francisco Vasquez-Zavala Cristina Vasquez-Patino v. John D. Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 7, 2003No. 01-70973PublishedCited by 246 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.
Francisco Vasquez-Zavala and Cristina Vasquez-Patino petition for review of a final order of removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). The BIA held that because the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s charging document was not filed until after April 1, 1997 — the effective date of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (“IIRIRA”), PL 104-208 Div. C, 110 Stat. 3009 (1996) — petitioners were no longer statutorily eligible for the pre-IIRIRA remedy of suspension of deportation but instead could only seek cancellation of removal…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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