MADRID-TAVAREZ v. I.N.S.

No. 93-4162 Summary Calendar.

999 F.2d 111 (1993)

Rene MADRID-TAVAREZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max L. Christenson, Odessa, TX, for petitioner.

Janet Reno, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Alice M. King, Mark C. Walters, Robert L. Bombough, Director, INS, Civ. Div. Washington, DC, for respondent.

John B.Z. Caplinger, INS, New Orleans, LA, A.H. Giugni, INS, El Paso, TX, for other interested parties.

Before JOLLY, WIENER, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Petitioner Rene Madrid-Tavarez (Madrid) challenges the BIA's determination that he is statutorily ineligible for discretionary relief from deportation under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as he had not been lawfully domiciled in this country for seven years.1 As a matter of first impression in this circuit, we hold today that...

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