RICHARDS v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

No. 75-1420.

554 F.2d 1173 (1977)

Compton James RICHARDS, Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Palmer Ifill, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Richard I. Chaifetz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

With exceptions not relevant here, Section 248 of the Immigration and Nationality Act empowers the Attorney General to authorize changes in nonimmigrant classifications of aliens lawfully admitted to, and lawfully continuing in, the United States as nonimmigrants.1 That function has largely been delegated to the...

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