Amouzadeh v. Winfrey

OWEN, Circuit Judge:

Manoutcher Amouzadeh appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition, which challenged an order of removal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). The issues are (1) whether unlawful procurement of naturalization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a) is a crime involving moral turpitude under section 237(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act, as amended (“INA”), 1 and (2) whether Am-ouzadeh was eligible for concurrent relief under former INA § 212(e) 2 and current INA § 240A(a). 3 Because we conclude that the violation…