Blanco-Dominguez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

528 F.2d 382 Felipe Edmundo BLANCO-DOMINGUEZ, and Maria Eva Rodriguez-Vialovos Blanco, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Lazaro LOZADA-HERNANDEZ, Petitioners, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF the UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Nos. 74--2725, 74--3344. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 18, 1975. Milton T. Simmons (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner in 74--2725. William Lew Tan (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner in 74--3344. Huston Carlyle, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Dept. of Justice, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent. OPINION Before DUNIWAY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 These two cases, consolidated for decision, present a common question of statutory interpretation under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1254 . In both, petitioners are natives and citizens of Mexico who were illegally within the United States at the time deportation proceedings were commenced. In each case, petitioners conceded their deportability but sought discretionary suspension of deportation under section 244(f)(3). The Board of…