AVELAR-CRUZ v. I.N.S.

No. 94-3721.

58 F.3d 338 (1995)

Jose M. AVELAR-CRUZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Lehrer, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Susan Compernolle (argued), Lisa J. Palumbo, Chicago, IL, for petitioner.

Janet Reno, U.S. Atty. Gen., Office of U.S. Atty. Gen., Washington, DC, A.D. Moyer, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, I.N.S., James B. Burns, Office of U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, William J. Howard, Robert Kendall, Jr., David M. McConnell, Norah Ascoli Schwarz (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before CUMMINGS, KANNE, and ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Jose M. Avelar-Cruz petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the "Board" or "BIA") finding him statutorily ineligible to seek a discretionary waiver of deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). The Board determined that Avelar-Cruz had not accumulated the seven consecutive years of lawful unrelinquished domicile required for relief...

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