JAA v. UNITED STATES I.N.S.

No. 85-1516.

779 F.2d 569 (1986)

Beatrice Theresa JAA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Byrne, Don T. Yamamoto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard Olderman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Before WRIGHT, KENNEDY and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns an alien's protracted and ultimately unsuccessful efforts to qualify as a permanent resident. The district court held that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was estopped by its own delay from denying permanent residency, and permanently enjoined the INS from deporting the alien. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

Beatrice Jaa, a Liberian citizen, entered the United States as a visitor in February...

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