Blake v. Carbone, 489 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2007), vacating Matter of Blake, 23 I. & N. Dec. 722 (BIA 2005).(under the equal protection principle enunciated in Francis v. INS, 532 F.2d 268 (2d Cir. 1976), each petitioner's eligibility for a waiver of deportability under INA 212(c) must turn on whether a similarly situated lawful permanent resident in exclusion proceedings would be given similar treatment).
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Second Circuit