Balam-Chuc v. Mukasey, 547 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. Oct. 24, 2008) (counsels ineffective assistance in preparing and filing visa petition was not a violation of due process where petitioner could not show a deficiency relating to fundamental fairness of removal hearing itself).

Sharkey v. Quarantillo, 541 F.3d 75 (2d Cir. Sept. 3, 2008) (district court had jurisdiction to determine whether DHS had followed proper procedure, under 8 C.F.R. 246.1, in rescission of noncitizens LPR status; fact that noncitizen was not properly granted LPR status does not mean DHS can revoke status without following rescission procedures).

Sharkey v. Quarantillo, 541 F.3d 75 (2d Cir. Sept. 3, 2008) ("because the agency has a non-discretionary duty to provide LPRs with proof of their status, see Etuk v. Slattery, 936 F.2d 1433, 1448 (2d Cir.1991) (holding that the relevant statutes and regulations require that LPRs be provided with documentation of their rightful legal status (emphasis added)), Section 1252(a)(2)(B) does not strip the district court of jurisdiction to review whether Sharkey is owed proof of her status.")

Alvear-Velez v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 672 (7th Cir. Sept. 2, 2008) (res judicata does not prevent DHS from charging noncitizen with deportability based on aggravated felony conviction where IJ had held in prior proceeding that same conviction was not a CMT and charged aggravated felony ground had not yet been created by statute; "the rule against claim splitting, which is one component of res judicata, is inapplicable when a statutory change creates a course of action unavailable in the previous action. Cf. Car Carriers, Inc. v.

Vaca-Tellez v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 665 (7th Cir. Sept. 2, 2008) (complaint, indicating burglar of a vehicle with intent to commit theft, combined with clerks minutes showing entry of guilty plea, sufficient to find noncitizen had been convicted of aggravated felony attempted theft).

Matter of Guadarrama, 24 I&N Dec. 625 (BIA 2008) (a noncitizen who made a false claim of citizenship by checking the "citizen or national" box on an I-9 is not necessarily a person lacking in good moral character).

&nbsp Counsel can argue that multiple CMT convictions arising out of a single criminal act may still fall within the petty offense exception to inadmissibility:



&nbsp Unlike the multiple CMT ground of deportation, INA 237(a)(2)(A)(ii), there is no explicit exception for when a noncitizens CMTs arise "out of a single scheme of criminal misconduct." Counsel can argue, however, that a second CMT committed as part of the same criminal act does not disqualify a person from the Petty Offense Exception. Matter of Medina-Lopez, 10 I. & N. Dec. 7 (BIA 1962)

Counsel can argue that Matter of Eslamizar applies to civil violations for possession of marijuana as well as to crimes of moral turpitude. A civil violation arguably should not constitute a ground of inadmissibility because it would not be a crime in the jurisdiction where the conduct occurred. 22 CFR 40.21; Matter of K,7 I. & N. Dec. 594 (BIA 1957); Pazcoguin v. Radcliffe, 922 F.3d 1209 (9th Cir. 2002). The regulation only imposes this requirement for CMTs, but judicial decisions appear to extend it to other inadmissibility grounds as well.

Sharashidze v. Mukasey, 542 F.3d 1177 (7th Cir. Sept. 8, 2008) (pending circuit court appeal does not toll 90-day time limit for filing motion to reopen with Board of Immigration Appeals).

Bakarian v. Mukasey, 541 F.3d 775 (7th Cir. Sept. 4, 2008) (noncitizen with 1996 conviction could not show 7 years continuous residence for LPR cancellation where he had been admitted in 1987 as a visitor, and traveled between the U.S. and Russia numerous times before his admission as an LPR in 1990; residence period did not start in 1987, given noncitizens numerous and length trips to Russia before his LPR admission in 1990).