Jose De Jesus Lomeli-Nuno v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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967 F.2d 588·1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 24131
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 9, 199291-70313California417 words

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967 F.2d 588 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jose De Jesus LOMELI-NUNO, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70313. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 4, 1992. * Decided June 9, 1992. Before D.W. NELSON, BOOCHEVER and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lomeli-Nuno seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an immigration judge's decision finding him deportable and denying his application for a waiver of inadmissibility pursuant to § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c) (1988). We affirm for the reasons set forth in Castillo-Felix v. I.N.S., 601 F.2d 459, 462-67 (9th Cir.1979). See also Avila-Murrieta v. I.N.S., 762 F.2d 733, 734 (9th Cir.1985) (following Castillo-Felix by interpreting § 212(c) to require seven years of lawful unrelinquished domicile from the date the alien is admitted for…

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