United States Eighth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner a waiver of the spousal joint-filing requirement for removal of the conditions on his permanent resident status, the petition is denied where: 1) petitioner produced virtually no documentation in support of his claim of a bona fide marriage; and 2) the Immigration Judge's discussion of extreme hardship was brief, but her reasoning was sufficiently clear and supported by the evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/05/2009
• Published 11/05/2009

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, HANSEN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara D. Bleish, argued, St. Louis, MO, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew Oliveira, argued, Washington, DC, for Respondent.