Legal Opinion
Thiyagarajah Adhiyappa v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1995No. 94-3396PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLELAND, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which KENNEDY, J., joined. DAUGHTREY, J. (pp. 268-70), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
CLELAND, District Judge.
Thiyagarajah Adhiyappa (“Petitioner”) seeks review, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), of a final order of deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals. While conceding deportability under 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(4)1, which permits deportation of an alien who is convicted of two crimes involving moral turpitude, Petitioner seeks asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a), withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h),…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- In the Matter of Fritz Desir v. David N. Ilchert, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Reginaldo Diaz-Escobar v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Elzbieta Klawitter v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Jairo Jonathan Elias Zacarias v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by39 opinions
- C-ABoard of Immigration Appeals · 2006
- Liri Norek Marku v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Elma Mullai v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3115, 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4071 Tomas Tabisula Briones, AKA Thomas Tabisula Briones v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Ferdinand Hammer v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
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