Legal Opinion
Marcelino Montenegro v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2004No. 03-1850PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Per curiam
Marcelino Montenegro appeals a ruling of an Immigration Judge (IJ) ordering him removed to Mexico because of a felony drug conviction. Montenegro was convicted by an Illinois jury in April 1996 of possessing with the intent to deliver more than 900 grams of cocaine and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. As a result of his conviction, the Immigration and Naturalization Service 1 commenced removal proceedings under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii), which provides for the removal of an alien convicted of an “aggravated felony.” Montenegro was in the process of appealing his conviction at that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Gary Laguerre v. Janet Reno, Jose, Martin Avelar-Cruz v. Janet RenoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Calcano-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Wazirali Moosa, Also Known as Wazir Ali Haider Ali Moosa Zebunisa Wazirali Moosa v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Ricardo Lara-Ruiz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Omar Gomaa Orabi v. Attorney General United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
- Puello v. Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Ponnapula v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Lovan v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Planes v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
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