United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a finding that a resident alien's criminal offense was one of moral turpitude such that a waiver of ineligibility for admission was unavailable is denied where: 1) when deciding how to classify convictions under criteria that go beyond the criminal charge, such as the amount of the victim's loss, or whether the crime is one of moral turpitude, the agency has the discretion to consider evidence beyond the charging papers and judgment of conviction; and 2) substantial evidence supports the IJ's decision (which the BIA joined) that petitioner's crime entailed concealment and deceit, thus was a crime of moral turpitude.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2008
• Decided 04/04/2008
• Published 04/04/2008

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and MANION and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven A. Morley (argued), Morley, Surin & Griffin, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jamie M. Dowd, Gjon Juncaj (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.