Legal Opinion
Maurice Lavira v. Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 26, 2007No. 05-3334PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
Maurice Lavira is an above-the-knee amputee with a lifelong political affiliation with exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti. He is also HIV positive. Lavira has been in the United States since 1993. He petitions for review of the decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”), affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), that his conviction for purchasing a $10 bag of drugs for an undercover agent was a “particularly serious crime” under the terms of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”). In addition, Lavira claims that the IJ failed to…
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