Legal Opinion
Rosendo Chavez-Ramirez and Zenaida Calderon De Chavez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1986No. 84-7635PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Zenaida Calderon de Chavez (Chavez) and her husband, Rosendo Chavez-Ramirez, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision finding Chavez deportable. The BIA held that although Chavez acquired permanent resident status in 1968, she subsequently abandoned that status by living in Mexico from 1973 to 1978. 1 In reaching its conclusion the Board determined that Chavez’s stay in Mexico was not sufficiently temporary to qualify as a “temporary visit abroad” and that, as a result, she failed to satisfy the requirements for a “returning…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Winston Bryant McConneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Kaku Nagano v. Brownell, Atty. GenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- United States Ex Rel. Lesto v. DayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Lolita I. Alvarez v. District Director of the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Jocelyn Agonoy Nakamoto v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Singh v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Moin v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- Eshghan Khodagholian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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