Legal Opinion
Joel Blackwood v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1986No. 86-5311PublishedCited by 40 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
In 1984, an immigration judge found the petitioner, Joel Blackwood, deportable as charged on the basis of his concessions at a hearing under section 241(a)(ll) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C.A. § 1251(a)(ll), as an alien convicted of a drug or marijuana related offense, but granted his request for relief from deportation under section 212(c) of the Act, 8 U.S.C.A. § 1182(c) (section 1182(c)). The Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) reversed in 1986, determining that Black-wood’s drug crime was a very serious negative factor that had not been outweighed by a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Moises Garcia-Mir v. William French SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Navinchandra Mafatlal Jarecha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Eduardo Crespo-Gomez v. Louis M. RichardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Oliver Paul Cobourne v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
3Cited by40 opinions
- BURBANOBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1994
- Rafael Montilla v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Jesus Jorge Ayala-Chavez v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- C-V-TBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1998
- Juan Jose Vergara-Molina v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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