Legal Opinion
Mejia-Rodriguez v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 25, 2009No. 08-1442PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In this immigration case, petitioner Vinicio Mejia-Rodriguez seeks review of a final order of removal, arguing that the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) erred in finding that (1) he was not eligible for an exception to the inadmissibility rules for those who have committed certain crimes and that (2) he was ineligible for discretionary relief from removal by the Attorney General. The petition does involve one issue which this court has not addressed before: the definition of “maximum penalty possible” in 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II), the petty offense exception to 8…
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