United States Second Circuit

Petition for review of a BIA decision reversing an IJ's grant of a waiver of inadmissibility is denied where the BIA's construction of the statutory term "son" to exclude a nephew was reasonable, notwithstanding the fact that the nephew was treated by his aunt as though he were her son.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/10/2007
• Published 07/11/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  MINER, SACK, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William H. Humble, Wilens & Baker, P.C. (Howard L. Baker, on the brief), New York, NY, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Grimes, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Dep't of Justice (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, of counsel), Washington, DC, for Respondent.