Legal Opinion

Denis v. Attorney General of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided January 26, 2011No. 09-2113, 09-3520, 10-1390, 10-1391PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

Jean Antoine Denis petitions for review of the determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that his conviction for tampering with physical evidence under New York law constituted an aggravated felony and a particularly serious crime, subjecting him to removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii), and rendering him ineligible for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3). Denis also contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and should have been found eligible for deferral of removal pursuant to the…

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3Cited by89 opinions

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