Legal Opinion
Elien v. John Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 16, 2004No. 03-1335PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Jean Prosper Elien, a Haitian national and citizen, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (BIA) denial of his motion to reopen his deportation proceeding on account of changed conditions in Haiti. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
Elien entered the United States in 1981, as a non-immigrant visitor, and remained beyond his authorized stay. Thirteen years later, in 1994, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) finally commenced deportation proceedings against him. Elien proceeded to concede deporta-bility, then sought suspension of deportation or…
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Morton v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-AguirreSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by68 opinions
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