WILLIAMS v. I.N.S.

No. 85-1139.

773 F.2d 8 (1985)

Grace WILLIAMS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Galvin of Watt, Galvin & Sanchez, Providence, R.I., for petitioner, appellant.

Morris Deutsch, Washington, D.C., with whom Michael P. Lindemann, James A. Hunolt and Richard K. Willard, Washington, D.C., were on brief for the Government.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

We review an order of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) not to reopen a deportation proceeding. The order prevents petitioner from applying for a stay of deportation and for adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (1982).

Petitioner Grace Williams, a native and citizen of Liberia, entered the United States on July 24, 1970, as a nonimmigrant student authorized to remain until July 23...

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