Mary Bowes v. District Director of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
443 F.2d 30·1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 11232
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 22, 197126275California110 words
Opinion
The final order for deportation is affirmed.
Mary Bowes is a teacher and an alien. She overstayed the length of her non-immigrant permission. She does not want to go home.
At issue here is Immigration’s refusal to delay proceedings because she had a petition pending at the Department of Labor for a sixth preference for admission as an immigrant. This, she says, deprived her of due process. The pendency of an application for immigration status, however, does not entitle an alien to a delay in deportation proceedings. See Manantan v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, 7 Cir., 425 F.2d 693 , and Amarante v. Rosenberg, 9 Cir., 326 F.2d 58 .