Legal Opinion

Chan Wing Cheung, A.K.A. Bill Woo v. Frank C. Hagerty, Officer in Charge, U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Providence, Rhode Island

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 19, 1959No. 5556PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

Petitioner, a Chinese national under order of deportation, brought this action in the district court seeking review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing his appeal from an order of a special inquiry officer which in effect held that petitioner is ineligible to apply to the Attorney General under section 244(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C.A. § 1254(a) (1958), for a discretionary suspension of deportation and adjustment of status. This section, in numbered parar graphs, establishes five categories of de-portable aliens who are entitled to seek…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chan Wing Cheung v. HagertyDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1959

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Chan Wing Cheung A/K/A Bill Woo v. James A. Hamilton, Jr., District Director, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
  2. Chan Wing Cheung v. HamiltonDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1961
  3. Cheung v. HagertyDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1961

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