Court Opinion

ID: 9476449
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:56:27.467607+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:19.800009
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JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent.
The district court carefully examined the facts in this case and found that the INS had misplaced a part of Wang’s application. It found that INS required copies of additional information, including birth certificates, marriage certificates and other documents, which Wang had already furnished. Two years after he filed his application on March 23,1979, INS asked him to resubmit information already furnished and then attempted to shift the blame to him, stating that it had never been furnished. The district court concluded that this behavior is not consistent with the minimum standard of decency, honor and reliability. I cannot conclude that any of these findings of fact are clearly erroneous. I believe the district court’s conclusion that these facts established affirmative misconduct is not in error.
Wang seeks no status in this appeal but simply the right to have his application considered under procedures existing before the amendments to section 1255b(b) enacted in December 1981. Had his application been timely processed, these earlier procedures would have applied. I would affirm the district court in its determination that the government should not be allowed to enforce the later amendments with respect to this case.