ECHEVARRIA v. KEISLER

No. 06-2144.

505 F.3d 16 (2007)

Yolanda ECHEVARRÍA, Petitioner, v. Peter D. KEISLER, Acting Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valquiria C. Ribeiro on brief for petitioner.

Jennifer Levings, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, on brief for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Yolanda Echevarria, a national of the Dominican Republic, entered the United States without permission on November 13, 1999. She married an American citizen, Ricardo Echevarria, on March 16, 2001, and Ricardo filed a visa petition (I-130) for her shortly thereafter, on April 25, 2001. Yolanda filed a corresponding form I-485 application to adjust her status to permanent resident.

Under precedent governing such visas, it is not...

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