Legal Opinion
Felix D. Guzman-Rivadeneira v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 2016No. 14-3734PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Felix Guzman-Rivadeneira, a citizen of Ecuador, seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision upholding an order of removal. He asks us to address an underlying question of law, whether his 1993 conviction in California for possessing counterfeit prescription blanks was properly deemed a “crime involving moral turpitude” for purposes of immigration law. We conclude, however, that too many layers of procedural defaults prevent us from reaching that question of law.
First, Guzman-Rivadeneira’s original lawyer conceded before the immigration judge that…
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- Santiago-Rodriguez v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- SERNABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1992
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