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US v. FERNANDEZ-ANTONIA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
Where the district court correctly held that the defendant-s removal proceeding was not prejudiced by any procedural inadequacies, defendant could not...

CDI INFO. SERV., INC. v. RENO

Immigration Law
Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. section 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii), a discretionary decision by the INS to deny an application for an extension of an H1-B non-immigrant...

POP v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law
Board of Immigration Appeals did not abuse its discretion in concluding that asylum applicant was not prejudiced by his attorney-s failure to present...

CHAPINSKI v. ZIGLAR

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Where applicants for permanent resident status under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 were in no imminent danger of...

FEQUIERRE v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law
Although 8 U.S.C. section 1229a(c)(3)(B) lists types of proof that will suffice as evidence of a prior conviction for purposes of deportation, other...

PEOPLE v. BORJA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
After a defendant has served his complete probation period pursuant to a guilty plea, his sentence may not be altered on the record, nunc pro tunc, in...

VALANSI v. ASHCROFT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A conviction for embezzlement, under 18 U.S.C. Section 656, may not qualify as an aggravated felony subjecting a defendant to deportation, under 8...

LUKOWSKI v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
8 USC 1182(h)(1996), which denies waiver of deportability relief to lawful permanent aliens but allows waiver for non-permanent aliens, does not...

CARRANZA v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law
An alien who was convicted of an aggravated felony after the effective date of the IIRIRA may not obtain habeas relief on the ground that the...

MONTERO-MARTINEZ v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law
Under 8 USC 1252(a)(2)(B)(i), an appellate court has jurisdiction to review Board of Immigration Appeals decisions that do not involve the exercise of...