Estrada-Ramos v. Holder, 611 F.3d 318 (7th Cir. 2010) (expungement of a conviction for a drug charge involving cocaine upheld as a conviction for INA purposes, because guilty plea was set aside and dismissed for ameliorative purposes, not for any procedural or substantial defects in the proceedings.), following Ali v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 722, 727 (7th Cir. 2005), Matter of Pickering, 23 I. & N. Dec. 621, 624 (BIA 2003).
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