YAHKPUA v. I.N.S.

No. 85-4001 Summary Calendar.

770 F.2d 1317 (1985)

James Othello YAHKPUA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Turin, Richard E. Fernandez, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner.

Robert L. Bombough, Dir., Office of Immigration Lit., Civ. Div., Joseph F. Ciolino, Thomas W. Hussey, Atty., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

David H. Lambert, Dist. Dir., I.N.S., New Orleans, La., William J. Chambers, Dist. Dir., I.N.S., Dallas, Tex., for other interested parties.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

An alien seeks review of his deportation order on the basis that the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion in affirming the order because he married a United States citizen and became entitled to a visa two years after the order was entered. Finding that, under the circumstances, the Board did not transgress the broad range of choice imparted to it by the statute, we deny review.

James Othello Yahkpua is a native...

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