Legal Opinion
Gonzalez-Mesias v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 18, 2008No. 07-2346PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Robinson González-Mesías, a native and citizen of Chile, petitions for review of an August 2, 2007 decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) finding him ineligible for a waiver of deportability, under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c) (repealed in 1996 but applicable to petitioner). We deny the petition on the basis of our prior circuit precedent, which rejects the Second Circuit’s rule in Blake v. Carbone, 489 F.3d 88 (2d Cir.2007). See Dalombo Fontes v. Gonzales, 483 F.3d 115 (1st Cir.2007); Kim v. Gonzales, 468…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-AguirreSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- United States v. ChhienCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- BLAKEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2005
- Blake v. CarboneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
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