Margarita Carolina Rivers-Vado Ervin Enrique Rivers-Vado v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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97 F.3d 1460·1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 40169
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 3, 199694-70798California667 words

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97 F.3d 1460 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Margarita Carolina RIVERS-VADO; Ervin Enrique Rivers-Vado, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70798. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 15, 1996. * Decided May 3, 1996. 1 Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Nos. Atq-snz-vix, Adh-ckh-hdu. 2 B.I.A. 3 REVIEW DENIED. 4 Before: THOMPSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, District Judge. ** 5 MEMORANDUM *** 6 The Board of Immigration Appeals adopted the immigration judge's decision as its own, so we "treat the IJ's statement of reasons as the BIA's and review the IJ's decision for abuse of discretion." Alaelua v. INS, 45 F.3d 1379, 1382 (9th Cir.1995). The immigration judge wrote a careful decision, abjuring boilerplate and focusing upon the facts of this particular case. It is supported by substantial evidence on the whole record, so it must be…

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