In re Eisen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that false statements on official government documents can be substantial and probative evidence of marriage fraud
• explaining that this standard is higher than a preponderance of the evidence but less than clear and convincing evidence
• observing that “minimal documentary evidence of a shared life” can serve as circumstantial evidence that a marriage is not bona fide
• discussing the USCIS’s burden of establishing fraud to warrant the denial of a visa petition pursuant to section 204(c) of the Act
• “circumstantial evidence alone may be sufficient to constitute ‘substantial and probative evidence’ of marriage fraud”
• “[T]he petitioner has the initial burden to prove the bona fides of the marriage by a preponderance of the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).