Legal Opinion
Abdul Itani v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 22, 2002No. 01-13624PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Per curiam
Abdul Itani petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing an appeal from his order of deportation. Itani argues that his criminal conviction for misprision of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 4, does not constitute a crime of moral turpitude for which he can be deported, and that he is entitled to a discretionary waiver of inadmissibility. After review and oral argument, we affirm the BIA’s decision and deny Itani’s petition for review.
I. BACKGROUND
Itani is a native and citizen of Lebanon. He last entered the United States in 1984 on a non-immigrant student…
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