Legal Opinion
Obeya v. Sessions
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 8, 2018No. Docket 16-3922-ag; August Term, 2017PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gerard E. Lynch, Circuit Judge:
Clement Obeya is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. In 2008, he was convicted of petit larceny under New York law. The government initiated removal proceedings against Obeya, charging that his conviction constituted a "crime involving moral turpitude." The Immigration Judge ("IJ") found that Obeya was removable based on his conviction and the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirmed, but this Court held that the IJ had failed to apply BIA precedent holding that larceny involves moral turpitude under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(A)(i) only when…
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