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CASTILLO-FELIX v. IMMIG. & NATURALIZATION SERVICE

No. 78-1445.

601 F.2d 459 (1979)

Bautista CASTILLO-FELIX, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Eller (argued), Puget Sound Legal Asst. Foundation, Tacoma, Wash., for petitioner.

Philip Wilens, Dept. of Justice, Eric A. Fisher (argued), Crim. Div. No. 838, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before WRIGHT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, District Judge.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Castillo-Felix petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order denying him discretionary relief from deportation under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (1976). He asserts that the Board incorrectly interpreted the statutory phrase "lawful unrelinquished domicile." We affirm.

FACTS

Petitioner, a citizen and native of Mexico, illegally entered this country...

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