Legal Opinion
Musibau Hassan v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1991No. 90-70173PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Musibau Hassan (“Hassan”) appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “Board”), affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) which denied Hassan’s application for adjustment of status and Hassan’s request for a waiver of grounds of excluda-bility.
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Hassan is a twenty-seven year old citizen of Nigeria who entered the United States as a student in 1983. In 1985, Hassan married a United States citizen. In January 1986, following a visit to Nigeria, Has-san was apparently paroled back into the United States for the purpose of applying…
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