Punogin

Punogin v. Keisler

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249 F. App'x 663
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 2, 2007No. 05-72496California352 words

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MEMORANDUM ***

Vyacheslav Punogin, a native and citizen of Russia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his applica *664 tion for waiver of the requirement that he file a joint petition with his former wife to remove the conditional basis of his permanent resident status. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the denial of the waiver for substantial evidence, Oro peza-Wong v. Gonzales, 406 F.3d 1135, 1147 (9th Cir.2005), and we review purely legal issues de novo, see Padilla-Padilla v. Gonzales, 463 F.3d 972, 975 (9th Cir.2006). We deny in part and grant in part the petition for review, and remand.

Although Punogin provided evidence that a child was born during his marriage, he provided no documents to show commingling of funds or co-habitation, and he failed to provide any third-party testimony or affidavits proving the bona fides of the marriage. Substantial evidence therefore supports the agency’s determination that Punogin did not enter into the marriage in good faith. See Oropeza-Wong, 406 F.3d at 1148 (upholding the denial of a waiver under 8 U.S.C. §…

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