Chetwyn Archer v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ***
Chetwyn Archer, a citizen of the United Kingdom, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision denying his motion to reopen his removal proceedings and affirming his final order of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a), and we grant the petition.
1. The BIA properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction to consider Archer’s attempt to collaterally attack the criminal conviction forming the basis of his remova-bility. “[T]he [BIA] cannot entertain a collateral attack on a judgment of conviction, unless that judgment is void on its face.”…
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