Legal Opinion

Mendes v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 29, 1999No. 99-1226PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

This case involves three marriages, four separate visa petitions, and immigration proceedings spanning more than fifteen years. Petitioner Agnelo Mendes appeals from the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) (1) to deny his Motion to Remand for adjustment of status to permanent resident under the Immigration and Nationality Act, § 245 (1996) (“INA”); (2) to affirm Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (“INS”) denial of the joint petition to remove conditional residence under section 216 of the INA; and (3) to affirm the INS’s denial of suspension of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Valli Kandiah Ravindran v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  3. William Alexander Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  4. Bernal-Vallejo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  5. Gailius v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. J. Jesus Torres-Aguilar v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  2. Mohammed Subhan v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
  3. Charles Osiemo Onyinkwa v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General for the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
  4. Prado v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  5. Atieh v. RiordanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015

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