Legal Opinion
Hendry Sanusi v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2007No. 05-3355, 05-3676PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
In these consolidated appeals, petitioner Hendry Sanusi petitions for review of two orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”). We deny the petitions for review on the ground that the state court’s vacation of Sanusi’s conviction was ineffective for immigration purposes because it was done solely for the purpose of ameliorating the immigration consequences to petitioner. Zaitona v. I.N.S., 9 F.3d 432 (6th Cir.1993). For this reason, we hold that the present case is distinguishable from Pickering v. Gonzales (amended opinion), 465 F.3d 263 (6th…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Svitlana Denko v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Guang Run Yu v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- State v. LarimoreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Juan Manuel Murillo-Espinoza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- PICKERINGBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2003
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Saleh v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Morgan v. KeislerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- Nelly Lockhart v. Janet NapolitanoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- THOMAS and THOMPSONBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2019
- Al-Najar v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
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