Legal Opinion
Jose Socorro Ortiz v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2015No. 14-2428PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner José Socorro Ortiz (Ortiz) seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an immigration judge’s (IJ) finding that Ortiz was removable and ordering Ortiz’s removal from the United States. The IJ concluded Ortiz was removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii) because Ortiz’s prior conviction for Obstructing Legal Process, Arrest, or Firefighting, Minn.Stat. § 609.50, subd. 2(2) (hereinafter, “obstruction of legal process”) was an “aggravated felony.” Ortiz challenges the IJ’s findings, arguing a conviction for obstruction of…
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