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Margaret Angella Shelton v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, 67 F.3d 296, 4th Cir. (1995)
Margaret Angella Shelton v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, 67 F.3d 296, 4th Cir. (1995)
3d 296
Margaret Angella Shelton appeals from the order of the Board of Immigration
Appeals ("BIA") denying her motion to reopen and remand deportation
proceedings so that she could apply for discretionary waiver relief pursuant to 8
U.S.C.A. Sec. 1182(c) (West Supp.1994). Our review of the administrative
record discloses no reversible error below. We affirm.
Shelton is a native and citizen of Jamaica. She entered the United States in
December 1984 as an immigrant, and subsequently was convicted of several
criminal offenses. The Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS")
The BIA dismissed Shelton's appeal from the denial of her application for
asylum and denied her motion to remand. Shelton appeals from the BIA's
denial of her motion to remand.
Although the section seems to apply only to those returning to the United
States, it has been interpreted to also apply to qualified permanent residents
who have not departed. Vargas v. U.S. Dep't of Immigration & Naturalization,
831 F.2d 906, 908 (9th Cir.1987); Chiravacharadhikul v. INS, 645 F.2d 248,
249 n. 1 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 893 (1981)