Legal Opinion
Patel v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 1, 2013No. 12-1349PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
In 2003, petitioner Nupur Patel pled guilty to conspiracy-to-commit-larceny charges stemming from a scheme in which he stole from the dorm rooms of his college classmates. As a result, an Immigration Judge (IJ) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) found that Patel, at the time a lawful permanent resident, was removable from the United States because his crimes involved “moral turpitude” within the meaning of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Patel now seeks our review of that determination. Because the BIA’s ruling does not find adequate support in the…
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