MORTAZAVI v. I.N.S.

No. 82-1706.

719 F.2d 86 (1983)

Ghodrat MORTAZAVI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Weisberg, Weisberg & Stein, Norfolk, Va., on brief, for petitioner.

Lauri Steven Filppu, General Litigation and Legal Advice Section, Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., Stephen L. Hiyama, Crim. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, on brief, for respondent.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner, an alien, seeks review of an order of deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals against him and of denial of his petition to reopen his deportation proceeding in order to enable him to apply for adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a). We affirm the orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

The petitioner is a citizen of Iran who entered this country on December 31, 1976 as a nonimmigrant...

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