United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's determination that Petitioner did not qualify for lawful permanent residency due to her lack of a qualifying sponsor, the petition is denied, where substantial evidence supported the BIA's determination that the proposed sponsor did not qualify because he was not domiciled in the U.S. as required by 8 U.S.C. section 1183a(f).

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/20/2008
• Decided 07/09/2009
• Published 07/09/2009

Judges

• Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, RICHARD A. PAEZ and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald T. Oldenburg, Waipahu, HI, for petitioner Youn Kyung Park.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jesse M. Bless, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent Attorney General Holder.