Legal Opinion
Lipoi Alaelua v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1995No. 93-70868PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
The only issue in this appeal is how we review a Board of Immigration Appeals affir-mance which adopts the decision of the immigration judge, instead of articulating the Board’s reasons in its own words.
FACTS
Alaelua came to the United States from Western Samoa in 1978, when he was 21. He was admitted as a lawful permanent resident. In 1987, he was convicted of selling heroin five times on five separate dates during May of 1986. Despite the apparent seriousness of the conviction, he was sentenced only to probation and restitution of $880, the money which the undercover…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Juan Cesar Vargas v. U.S. Department of Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-PinedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Teresa De Jesus Castillo-Villagra v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Rigoberto Yepes-Prado v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Edgar E. Castillo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by181 opinions
- Gerardo Bibiano Falcon Carriche Theresa v. De Falcon Carriche and Christina Pamela Falcon Bibiano v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Tilahun Fantaye Desta v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Farid Faham Gamal Ghaly v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Satnam Singh-Kaur, AKA Hari Singh v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Naseem Salman Al-Harbi v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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