Legal Opinion
Manuel Joaquin Oliveira Ferreira v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2004No. 02-16945PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Manuel Oliveira is a permanent resident alien who was ordered removed to Portugal after his 1998 conviction in California state court for possession of methamphetamine. In a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, he argued that the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) erred in concluding that he was an aggravated felon, because his conviction was a “wobbler” offense that the state court had sentenced as a misdemeanor. The district court denied his petition, ruling that Oliveira’s conviction constituted an aggravated felony because it was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by39 opinions
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