Gurchuran Singh Dulai v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

42 F.3d 1399 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Gurchuran Singh DULAI Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-70036. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 14, 1994. * Decided Dec. 7, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON, and HALL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 This case hinges on the validity of a 1981 divorce between petitioner Gurcharan Singh Dulai ("Dulai") and his first wife, Joginder Kaur. Both the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") and the Immigration Judge ("IJ") found that the divorce was invalid. Substantial evidence supports that conclusion, therefore, the ruling below must be affirmed. I. BACKGROUND 3 Dulai was born in the Village of Sangatpur, Jalandhar District, India in 1942 and married Joginder Kaur ("Kaur") in 1959. In 1981, after Dulai had illegally entered this country, he learned that his wife, Kaur, was seeking a divorce and sent a power of attorney to his…