THORSTEINSSON v. I.N.S.

No. 82-7720.

724 F.2d 1365 (1984)

Thorsteinn Laufkvist THORSTEINSSON, Ragnheidur Qudradsdottir and Ragnheidhur Thorsteinsson, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1984.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1984.

Certiorari Denied May 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot Glicksman, Tucson, Ariz., for petitioners.

Don B. Overall, Tucson, Ariz., Michael J. Creppy, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civ.Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief and argued, for respondent.

Before WALLACE, SCHROEDER, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Three Icelandic citizens (the Thorsteinssons) petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) denying their motion to reopen their prior deportation proceedings. Because the Thorsteinssons failed to exhaust their administrative remedies and departed from the United States before seeking judicial review of the Board's order, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to hear this petition.

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