Legal Opinion

Sorachai Sida and Nongyoa P. Sida v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 26, 1986No. 84-7630PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.

This matter is before us for the third time.

Petitioners, Mr. Sorachai Sida and Mrs. Nongyao P. Sida, now appeal the July 1984 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their motion to reopen deportation proceedings to apply for suspension of deportation. The motion was denied on the ground that the Sidas failed to satisfy the seven years continuous presence requirement of 8 U.S.C. § 1254(a)(1) (1982) for suspension of deportation. 1

The Sidas, citizens of Thailand, first entered the United States in 1969. They returned to Thailand in 1972 to get…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. PhinpathyaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-PinedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Pedro Efrain Ramirez-Gonzalez & Martha Ardon De Ramirez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  4. Francisco Avila-Murrieta v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  5. Robinson Antonio Marti-Xiques v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Zenaida Adviento WATKINS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  2. Nirmal Singh Dhangu v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  3. Jara-Navarrete v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  4. Yin Fen FLORES, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  5. Rafael Tadeo, Jr. Julieta Lambino Tadeo Roxanne Camille Tadeo Jennifer Ann Lambino Tadeo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996

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