Legal Opinion
Abimbola v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 5, 2004No. Docket No. 02-2632PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
Background
Petitioner Rafiu Ajadi Abimbola, a citizen of Nigeria, entered the United States in 1991 and was granted lawful permanent resident status on September 8, 1994. In the latter half of the 1990s, Abimbola was charged with several federal and state crimes. On February 24, 1997, Abimbola pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. Moreover, on November 7, 1997, he entered an Alford plea to larceny in the third degree in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-124.1
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