Legal Opinion
Massis v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 9, 2008No. 05-1329, 05-1851, 05-6981PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Denied in part and dismissed in part by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge KING joined.
DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:
The petitioner, Nimatallah Shafik Mas-sis, is a Jordanian national and a permanent resident of the United States. On February 25, 2005, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) found that Massis was deportable as an aggravated felon and that he did not qualify for a discretionary waiver of deportation under former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). 1 In these consolidated actions, Massis…
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