Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 26, 2001No. 99-2046, 99-2102PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Carlos Hernandez is a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic who entered the United States as an immigrant in 1982. In 1989, Hernandez was convicted in state court of distributing cocaine. As a result, the INS commenced deportation proceedings against Hernandez, charging him with being removable under section 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (1988), because his conviction qualified as an aggravated felony, id. § 1251(a)(4)(B), and a narcotics violation, id. § 1251(a)(ll). (U.S.Code references are to the 1994 edition unless…
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- LOZADABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
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