Legal Opinion

Bogdan Wojcik v. Immigration and Naturalization Services

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 17, 1991No. 91-1920PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Per curiam

Bogdan Wojcik petitions for review of an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) order denying his request for asylum under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1158. We affirm.

Wojcik, born in Szczecin, Poland, was an active member of the Solidarity union between 1980 and 1987. He arrived in the United States in July 1987 as a crew member of a Polish vessel, left his ship, and stayed beyond the time authorized by the INS. The INS issued an order for Wojcik to show cause why he should not be deported. In response, Wojcik conceded he was deportable and requested…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Genaro Hermino Rodriguez-Rivera v. U.S. Department of Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  2. Jan Kapcia v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Stanislaw Saulo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
  3. Jan Kubon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. United States ex rel. Gulf States Enterprises, Inc. v. R.R. Tway, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Jan Acewicz v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Henryk Brelyk v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Albin Czyz v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Tadeusz Nogacki v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Andrzej Andrzelachaj v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Stanislaw Rusiecki v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Henryk Wroblewski v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Pawel Woszewski v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  2. S-E-GBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2008
  3. Teresa De Jesus Castillo-Villagra v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  4. Azar Safaie v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  5. Sihin Hadera Francois v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002

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