Legal Opinion
Griffiths v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 16, 2001No. 00-1694PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The Board of Immigration Appeals found that Alwyn Colin Griffiths had been “convicted” of a firearms violation and ordered him deported under § 241(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, previously codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(C). The BIA also denied his request for discretionary relief from deportation. Griffiths challenges whether the “guilty-filed” disposition of his firearms violation under Massachusetts law was sufficiently final to constitute a “conviction” within the meaning of the INA. Petitioner also challenges the BIA’s failure to address…
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