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POST CON RELIEF " REHABILITATIVE RELIEF " INEFFECTIVE UNLESS BASED ON LEGAL DEFECT

Wellington v. Holder, 623 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. Oct. 20, 2011) (No. 09-4111) (a Certificate of Relief or similar state rehabilitative treatment does not preclude use of the underlying offense as a basis for removal or as a basis for ineligibility for relief, where the state treatment was not related to a procedural or substantive defect in the criminal proceedings).

jurisdiction: 
Second Circuit

JUDICIAL REVIEW " PETITION FOR REVIEW " NO REVIEW OF INA 237(a)(1)(H) WAIVER DENIAL

Ahmed v. Holder, 624 F.3d 150 (2d Cir. Oct. 27, 2010) (court of appeals lacked jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary denial of a waiver of inadmissibity under INA 237(a)(1)(H), 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)).

jurisdiction: 
Second Circuit

RELIEF " WAIVERS " WAIVER OF INADMISSIBILITY UNDER INA 237a)(1)(H)

Ahmed v. Holder, 624 F.3d 150 (2d Cir. Oct. 27, 2010) (court of appeals lacked jurisdiction to review the BIA's discretionary denial of a waiver of inadmissibity under INA 237(a)(1)(H), 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)).

jurisdiction: 
Second Circuit

RELIEF " TPS " CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE

De Leon-Ochoa v. Attorney General of U.S., 622 F.3d 341 (3d Cir. Oct. 1, 2010) (noncitizen cannot impute continuous residence of parents in establishing eligibility for TPS under 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(1)(A)(ii)).

jurisdiction: 
Third Circuit

CONVICTION " NATURE OF CONVICTION " RECORD OF CONVICTION " POLICE OFFICERS WRITTEN STATEMENT

Thomas v. Attorney General of U.S., 625 F.3d 134 (3d Cir. Oct. 26, 2010) (police officers' written statements are therefore not part of the record of conviction that may be consulted as part of the modified categorical analysis).

jurisdiction: 
Third Circuit

POST CON RELIEF " STATE REHABILITATIVE RELIEF " FEDERAL FIRST OFFENDER ACT

Wellington v. Holder, 623 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. Oct. 20, 2010) (We hold that an alien who receives state rehabilitative treatment for a removable offense under 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) remains "convicted" of that offense pursuant to the definition of "conviction" in the Immigration and Nationality Act, see INA 101(a)(48)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(48)(A), even if the alien would have been eligible for relief under the Federal First Offender Act had she been prosecuted in federal court. See 18 U.S.C. 3607.).

jurisdiction: 
Second Circuit

POST CON RELIEF " VACATUR " MOTION TO REOPEN " BIA FREQUENTLY GRANTS MOTION TO REOPEN SUA SPONTE AFTER VACATUR REMOVES BASIS FOR REMOVAL

Planes v. Holder, ___ F.3d ___, ___, 2011 WL 2619105 (9th Cir. Jul. 5, 2011) (an alien who is time- and number-barred from obtaining consideration of a motion to reopen as a matter of right may petition the Board to reopen his or her case sua sponte under 8 C.F.R. 1003.2(a); cf. In re Rodriguez"Ruiz, 22 I. & N. Dec. 1378, 1380 (BIA 2000) (concluding that a conviction vacated on the merits cannot form the basis for an alien's removal).

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE " FRAUD OFFENSES

Planes v. Holder, ___ F.3d ___, ___, 2011 WL 2619105 (9th Cir. Jul. 5, 2011) (Accordingly, nothing in Navarro"Lopez disturbs the longstanding rule that crimes that have fraud as an element, such as Planes's convictions at issue here, are categorically crimes involving moral turpitude.); citing Navarro"Lopez v. Gonzales, 503 F.3d 1063, 1074 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc).

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE " BANK FRAUD " PASSING BAD CHECK

Planes v. Holder, ___ F.3d ___, ___, 2011 WL 2619105 (9th Cir. Jul. 5, 2011) (California conviction of delivering or making a check with insufficient funds with intent to defraud, in violation of Penal Code 476a(a), was a fraud offense and thus categorically a crime involving moral turpitude).

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE " BANK FRAUD " POSSESSION OF ACCESS DEVICES

Planes v. Holder, ___ F.3d ___, ___, 2011 WL 2619105 (9th Cir. Jul. 5, 2011) (federal conviction of possessing 15 or more access devices, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1029(a)(3), was a fraud offense and thus categorically a crime involving moral turpitude).

Note. This decision seems very poorly reasoned. It ignores pertinent authority. E.g., Paredes v. Attorney General, 528 F.3d 196 (3d Cir. 2008); Matter of Cardenas-Abreu, 24 I&N Dec. 795 (BIA 2009).

jurisdiction: 
Ninth Circuit

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