United States First Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of an adjustment of status during removal proceedings is denied where petitioner did not qualify for a grandfather clause for applicants who entered the U.S. illegally but were the beneficiaries of pending visa petitions, since the claimed visa petition was not approvable when it was filed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2007
• Published 10/04/2007

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Valquiria C. Ribeiro on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer Levings, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, on brief for respondent.