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September 11, 1998

IMMIGRATION JUDGE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE

IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - Charles E. Pazar will be sworn in today as an Immigration Judge during an investiture ceremony at 4:00 p.m., in the Clifford B. Davis Federal Building, Courtroom Number 3, 167 North Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee. Deputy Chief Immigration Judge H. Jere Armstrong, from the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Falls Church, Virginia, will administer the oath of office.

Judge Pazar joins the ranks of 218 Immigration Judges located in more than 45 Immigration Courts throughout the Nation. They are responsible for conducting formal administrative proceedings to determine whether foreign-born individuals who are charged with violations of Federal immigration law should be removed from the United States or may be granted relief from removal. Immigration Judges decide each case independently and their decisions are final unless appealed or certified to the Board of Immigration Appeals. In the past year, Immigration Judges completed more than 260,000 such proceedings. They are also authorized to administer oaths of citizenship to candidates for naturalization.

Judge Pazar was appointed Immigration Judge in June 1998. He received his B.A. in 1974 from Boston University, and his J.D. in 1977 from Rutgers University School of Law. From 1990 to 1998, Judge Pazar served as a Senior Litigation Counsel with the Office of Immigration Litigation in Washington, D.C. He was associated with the law firm of Stephenson, Kellogg, Krebs & Moran in Fairfax, Virginia, from 1989 to 1990. Judge Pazar served as an Associate General Counsel with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, D.C., from 1987 to 1989. He worked as an Attorney Advisor for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C., from 1978 to 1987. Judge Pazar is a member of the New Jersey, District of Columbia, and Virginia Bars.









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