Legal Opinion
Doris Amponsah v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 22, 2013No. 11-71311PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
Doris Amponsah Apori seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision upholding the immigration judge’s pretermission of her adjustment of status application. The BIA pretermitted Apori’s application on the ground that Apori did not satisfy the definition of “child” under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(b)(1)(E) because she was not adopted before her 16th birthday. The BIA applied its precedent imposing a blanket rule against giving effect to state court adoption decrees entered nunc pro tunc after a child turned 16. The BIA thus refused to give effect to a…
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