United States Second Circuit

The BIA properly denied Petitioner's application for adjustment of status under the grandfather provision of 8 U.S.C. section 1255(i), as "meritorious in fact" was permissibly interpreted to require a showing that his prior marriage was bona fide.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2008
• Published 12/12/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  WALKER, B.D. PARKER, AND RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ramiro Alcazar, Meriden, Connecticut., Ethan B. Kanter, Senior Litigation Counsel (Michael P. Lindemann, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief) for Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.