Legal Opinion
Jose Gouveia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 1992No. 91-2022PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, Jose Sidonio de Gouveia (Gouveia), seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) denying his application for a waiver of deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1988), and ordering his deportation to Portugal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) (1988), which provides for judicial review of final deportation orders. After careful perscrutation of the record and the applicable law, we uphold the Board’s order.
I. BACKGROUND
Petitioner is a forty-four-year-old…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by42 opinions
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