Juanito Guintu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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65 F.3d 174·1995 WL 502881·1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 30679
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 24, 199594-70451California1,326 words

Opinion

Opinion

65 F.3d 174 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Juanito GUINTU, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70451. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 7, 1995. Decided Aug. 24, 1995. Before: HALL, WIGGINS and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Juanito Guintu appeals the BIA's reversal of the Immigration Judge's decision to grant Mr. Guintu a discretionary waiver of deportation under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 (f). Because there was no substantial evidence of fraud presented, separable from the fraudulent use of a false name and papers when Mr. Guintu entered the country initially, there was no substantial evidence on the record as a whole that could justify the BIA's decision under controlling precedent in this circuit. 3 In 1979, when he was about nineteen, Mr. Guintu paid about $1000 U.S. dollars for false papers to get in to the United States. The papers he obtained were in the name of…

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