Legal Opinion
Maria Lucila Martinez-Zelaya v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1988No. 86-7558PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Maria Lucila Martinez-Zelaya petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) summary dismissal of her appeal from an order finding her deporta-ble and granting her voluntary departure in lieu of deportation. The BIA concluded that the appeal was “frivolous or filed solely for the purpose of delay.” 8 C.F.R. § 3.1(d)(l-a)(iv) (1987). We affirm the BIA’s summary dismissal and deny the petition for review.
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On March 6, 1984, Martinez-Zelaya was charged by order to show cause with respect to having entered the United States without inspection. In April 1984,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jorge Santana-Figueroa v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Clarence Benjamin Townsend and Julia Mydea Randall Townsend v. U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Juan Carlos Reyes-Mendoza v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Hyun Joon Chung, Yang Ja Chung v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Ashok Peter Menezes v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Ram Singh, AKA Singh Ram Sukhdev Ram v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Francisco Ornelas-Chavez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Zeferino Mendez-Gutierrez v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Marcelino Toquero v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
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