Legal Opinion
Ramon Acosta v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 15, 2003No. 01-2316PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge.
Ramon Acosta petitions for review of a final order of deportation issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”). Acosta challenges the BIA’s holding that he has “been convicted of a violation of ... a State [law] ... relating to a controlled substance,” within the meaning of former Section 241(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Im migration and Naturalization Act of 1952 (the “INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(2)(B)© (1994), 1 by virtue of his 1995 plea of nolo contendere in Pennsylvania state court to a single charge of heroin possession and the state court’s order…
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