Legal Opinion
Carlos A. Mejia Galindo v. Jefferson B. Sessions III
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2018No. 17-1253PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sykes, Circuit Judge.
Carlos Alberto Mejia Galindo, a native of Honduras and a lawful permanent resident, faces removal from the United States as a result of three Kentucky convictions for possession of drug paraphernalia. The immigration judge determined that Mejia Galindo is not removable under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(B)(i) as an alien convicted of a controlled-substance offense. The Board of Immigration Appeals reversed and purported to enter a removal order. Mejia Galindo petitions for review.
We lack jurisdiction to review the Board's determination that the drug-paraphernalia convictions…
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