Legal Opinion

Jose A. Bazan-Reyes, Wincenty Z. MacIasowicz and Arnoldo Gomez-Vela v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and John D. Ashcroft

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 5, 2001No. 99-3861, 99-3917, 99-3922PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Jose A. Bazan-Reyes, Win-centy Z. Maciasowicz, and Arnoldo Gomez-Vela seek review of decisions by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) finding them removable as a result of state drunk driving offenses. These cases were consolidated for the purposes of appeal because they all raise the same issue: are petitioners’ state drunk driving convictions aggravated felonies as defined by the Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”)? See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(43). Petitioners argue that the INS (in the case of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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  2. Sareang Ye v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and United States Attorney General Janet RenoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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  4. United States v. Defabian C. ShannonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  5. United States v. Steven L. ParsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by86 opinions

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  4. Jose Ernesto Flores v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  5. Thomas Anthony Dalton v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001

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