Court Opinion

ID: 9453856
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:26:22.058879+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:50.265600
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing
ORDER.
Upon consideration of the petition for rehearing herein, it was ordered that the case
“be remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals with instructions to request the Special Inquiry Officer to state what standard of proof he applied to the facts concerning the rescission of Francesco’s permanent residence status, by reason of his marriage to Ruth Moore and whether or not he finds by clear, unequivocal and convincing evidence (Woodby v. Immigration [and Naturalization] Service, 385 U.S. 276 [87 S.Ct. 483, 17 L.Ed.2d 362] ‘that the marriage was entered into with no intent to be a valid and subsisting one and that it was solely for the purpose of enabling the respondent (Francesco) to adjust his immigration status in the United States’ ”
and to report back to the Court, the Court retaining jurisdiction.
In accordance with the order of remand, both the Board of Appeals and the Special Inquiry Officer have made further reports which are certified to the Court by the Department of justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and which are hereby made part of the record in the case.
The Special Inquiry Officer reports,
“Upon a full and fair reconsideration and re-evaluation of that evidence, I specifically find that it was established by clear, unequivocal and convincing evidence that the marriage of the respondent to Ruth Moore was entered into with no intent to be a valid and subsisting one and that it was solely for the purpose of enabling the respondent to adjust his immigration status in the United States.”
The Board also found that the order of rescission was established by clear, unequivocal and convincing evidence and reaffirmed its prior order of June 26, 1964, dismissing the appeal in the rescission proceedings.
Upon consideration of the petition for rehearing the reports of the Special Inquiry Officer and the Board of Immigration Appeals, made a part of the record herein, and the additional argument of counsel for the petitioner on the petition for rehearing,
It is ordered that the petition for rehearing be and it is hereby denied.