Hardial Singh Sangha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

94 F.3d 653 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Hardial Singh SANGHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70508, 95-70766. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1996. Decided Aug. 14, 1996. Before: LAY, * WRIGHT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Hardial Singh Sangha, a citizen of India, was ordered deported on the basis of his sham marriage 1 to a United States citizen, Alberta Loop. The marriage took place in 1981. Sangha entered the United States in 1982 pursuant to a visa obtained as an immediate relative of a United States citizen. In 1987, Sangha and Loop were divorced. On October 30, 1987, the immigration judge sustained a charge under § 241(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (a)(1), that Sangha was excludable for entry as an alien who had procured a visa by fraud under § 212(a)(19) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(19) (1982)…