Legal Opinion
Baswell Francis v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 27, 2006No. Docket 04-2457-AGPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service 1 instituted removal proceedings 2 against petitioner Baswell Francis in 1999, alleging that because he had two Jamaican convictions for possessing marijuana in the early 1980s, Francis had been statutorily inadmissible at the time he obtained his temporary resident status in 1988 and his permanent resident status in 1990. In support of its allegations, the government relied on two pieces of evidence: (1) a colloquy between Francis and an Immigration Judge (“IJ”), which the government construed as Francis’s admission of one of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Arizona v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Giuli Ivanishvili v. United States Department of Justice & Attorney General GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Saleh v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Puello v. Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Saad Zerrei v. Alberto R. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Barradas v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Singh v. United States Department of Homeland SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
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