Legal Opinion
Christopher Pickering v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 4, 2006No. 03-3928PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
WALTER HERBERT RICE, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Christopher Pickering seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order permanently barring him from the United States, based on a Canadian conviction for a drug offense, for which he was later pardoned pursuant to Canadian law, and which was later quashed by a Canadian appellate court.
Finding prejudicial error, we grant the Petition for Review.
Petitioner is a native and citizen of Canada. On November 6, 1980, he was indicted in Ontario, Canada, for the unlawful possession of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (“LSD”). He…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Guennadi Y. Mikhailevitch v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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