Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 14, 2008No. 07-1655PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Felipe Ramirez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order of removal. The BIA found that Ramirez’s 1999 conviction for indecent assault and battery on a person fourteen years or older, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 13H, was an aggravated felony, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F), which rendered Ramirez removable and ineligible for any form of relief from removal. Ramirez contends that the crime for which he was convicted includes battery by merely offensive — not harmful — touching, and therefore should not…
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