SKUTNIK v. I.N.S.

No. 97-1694.

128 F.3d 512 (1997)

Grzegorz SKUTNIK, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent M. Christensen (argued), Lombard, IL, Walter Zarnecki, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, William J. Howard, Kristal A. Marlow, Alison M. Igoe (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

After entering the United States in January 1985 on a visa authorizing only a vacation trip, Grzegorz Skutnik settled in Chicago and took a job. In July 1994 the INS commenced proceedings to deport him to his native Poland. A month later Skutnik married another Polish citizen, who had entered the United States in 1985 without inspection. Three months after the marriage his wife gave birth to a son, who by virtue of the fourteenth amendment...

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