Source: http://openjurist.org/248/f3d/938/se-jong-noh-v-immigration-and-naturalization-service
Timestamp: 2014-10-01 14:46:20
Document Index: 541497249

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1182', '§ 41', '§ 1105', '§ 1182', '§ 1182', '§ 1182']

248 F3d 938 Se Jong Noh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service | OpenJurist
248 F. 3d 938 - Se Jong Noh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service	Home248 f3d 938 se jong noh v. immigration and naturalization service
248 F3d 938 Se Jong Noh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service 248 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 2001)
SE JONG NOH, PETITIONER,v.IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RESPONDENT.
No. 98-70982
Argued and Submitted April 5, 2000Filed May 7, 2001
Stuart I. Folinsky, Los Angeles, California, for the petitioner.
Nelda C. Reyna, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Justice Department, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.
Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals I&NS No. Awl-nej-ivi
Before: Procter Hug, Jr. and David R. Thompson, Circuit Judges, and Jane A. Restani, Court of International Trade Judge.*
Se Jong Noh, a native and citizen of Korea, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming an immigration judge's ("IJ") determination that Noh was not admissible to the United States because, at the time of entry, he was not in possession of a valid non- immigrant visa under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(a)(7)(B)(i)(II). Noh concedes that his nonimmigrant visa had been revoked by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services of the United States Department of State ("Deputy Assistant") prior to entry, but contends that the revocation was invalid because it was not based on a ground specified in the administrative regulation governing revocation of visas by consular officers. See 22 C.F.R. §§ 41.122. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1105a.1 Because the Deputy Assistant was not acting as a consular officer in revoking Noh's visa, and he gave a facially legitimate and bona fide reason for revoking the visa, we deny the petition for review.
The United States Embassy in Seoul, Korea, issued a student nonimmigrant visa to Noh on May 4, 1995. Noh entered this country on May 11, 1995, to attend Montclair School and College in Van Nuys, California. He returned to Korea for a visit in December of 1995, and attempted to re-enter the United States on January 19, 1996. Unbeknownst to Noh, the Deputy Assistant had revoked Noh's visa on September 8, 1995, on the ground that the visa had been "obtained illegally." Noh was denied re-entry into the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(a)(7)(A)(i)(I) and 8 U.S.C.§§ 1182(a)(7) (B)(i)(II)2 and placed in exclusion proceedings on January 19, 1996.
The IJ found that Noh was inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(a)(7)(B)(i)(II) because he was not in possession of a valid nonimmigrant visa at the time of entry.3 The IJ concluded that she did not have authority to consider Noh's argument that the revocation of his visa was invalid because it was not based on a ground enumerated in the administrative regulation governing revocation of visas b