Legal Opinion
Jawdat Elia v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 22, 2005No. 03-3446PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Jawdat Elia petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ordering Elia deported to Iraq. In 1991, while a lawful permanent resident of the United States, Elia was convicted in Michigan of a drug-related offense. After the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) initiated deportation proceedings against Elia on the basis of this conviction, Elia petitioned "for a waiver of deportability under the former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). Ultimately, an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found that Elia was…
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