Legal Opinion

Romeiro De Silva v. Smith

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 7, 1985No. 84-2104PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Pedro M. Romeiro de Silva appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) on his claim that the INS abused its discretion in denying him deferred action status under Operations Instruction 103.1(a)(l)(ii).1 We remand to the district *1023court with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Romeiro de Silva, a Portugese alien, pled guilty in Arizona state court to commission of the felony of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug for sale (cocaine) in violation of Arizona Revised Statutes…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. John Winston Ono Lennon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  5. George Bernard Nicholas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Francisco Alcaraz Leticia Cardenas Alcaraz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  2. Miguel Mada-Luna v. Eugene M. Fitzpatrick, Acting District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  3. Abboud v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  4. Dimitri Prokopenko v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
  5. Emami v. NielsenDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2019

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