Legal Opinion
James Corpuz v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2012No. 09-70181PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge WILLIAM A. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge KELINFELD.
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner James Baria Corpuz petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision declaring him ineligible for relief under former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) on the ground that he had served a “term of imprisonment” of over five years for conviction of an aggravated felony. Corpuz contends that the BIA improperly included in his “term of imprisonment” the entire period that he spent in psychiatric pre-trial civil confinement pending a…
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