PATEL v. I.N.S.

Nos. 85-1527, 85-2544.

811 F.2d 377 (1987)

Manilal V. PATEL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Sharda M. PATEL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Sfasciotti, Kenosha, Wis., for petitioner.

Joseph F. Ciolino, Office Immigration Lit. Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before WOOD and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

The issue presented by these petitions is whether the Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion by denying petitioner Manilal Patel's application for adjustment of status under 8 U.S.C. § 12551 and by denying petitioner Sharda Patel's motion to reopen her deportation proceedings to allow her to file an application for adjustment of status derivatively...

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