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SOCOP-GONZALEZ v. I.N.S.

No. 98-70782.

208 F.3d 838 (2000)

Oscar SOCOP-GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Le Gro, Riverside, California, for the petitioner.

Hugh G. Mullane, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: PREGERSON and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Oscar A. Socop-Gonzalez was given incorrect information by an INS officer regarding the appropriate procedures for legalizing his immigration status. Socop-Gonzalez relied on that information and, as a result, he did not file the necessary motion to reopen deportation proceedings against him until after the statute of limitations had expired. Two questions are presented for our review. First, we must decide whether the government...

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