United States First Circuit

The government's motion to dismiss petitioners' petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' decision against his I-130 petition is denied and the case is transferred to the District Court for the District of Connecticut, where: 1) the Court previously determined it lacked jurisdiction over the case; 2) the District Court in Connecticut would have had jurisdiction at the time of filing; and 3) transfer is in the interest of justice because petitioners did not act in bad faith, transfer would speed their review, and the parties all agreed that transfer would be desirable.

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• Decided 01/12/2009
• Published 01/12/2009

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• United States First Circuit

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