Legal Opinion
Amended Opinion Sorachai Sida and Nongyao Puasirirutskul Sida v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 21, 1981No. 80-7435PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Mr. and Mrs. Sorachai and Nongyao Pua-sirirutskul Sida petition for review of the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of Mrs. Sida’s motion to reopen the deportation proceedings. Because the BIA abused its discretion in denying Mrs. Sida’s motion to reopen, we reverse.
Petitioners are husband and wife, natives and citizens of Thailand. Both entered the United States in 1969 as students. They left the country for one month in 1972 to be married in Thailand, and returned. In June 1977, their visas having expired, they were found deportable as overstays. At…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Percy Briggs Wadman v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by26 opinions
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