Legal Opinion
Victor Hugo Brown v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 25, 1985No. 84-1528PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue raised by this petition for review is whether the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board), abused its discretion by refusing to reopen the deportation proceedings of petitioner, Victor Hugo Brown. We conclude that petitioner did not support his allegation of “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” with sufficient evidentiary material to warrant reopening his deportation proceedings. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review.
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Mr. Brown, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, entered the United States in May 1969 as a temporary visitor for…
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