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PRAPAVAT v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE

No. 79-7604.

638 F.2d 87 (1980)

Vuthisit PRAPAVAT and Jongchit Prapavat, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1980.

Rehearing Granted April 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Cooper, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioners.

Benjamin R. Civiletti, Philip Wilens, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before FARRIS, PREGERSON, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Mr. & Mrs. Prapavat petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their applications for suspension of deportation. Petitioners argue that the Board abused its discretion in concluding that extreme hardship had not been shown. We agree, and reverse.

The petitioners are natives and citizens of Thailand. Mr. Prapavat entered the United States on a student visa, and Mrs. Prapavat entered as the spouse of a...

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