Legal Opinion
Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2009No. 07-61006PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo appeals an en banc order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) holding that he is ineligible for cancellation of removal based on a recidivist state misdemeanor conviction for drug possession that could have been punished as a felony under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The repeat conviction was deemed an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA). Because this holding is correct, we DENY Carachuri’s petition for review.
I. Background
Carachuri was admitted to the United States in 1993 and became a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Lopez v. GonzalesSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- David Gerbier v. M. Francis Holmes, Acting District Director, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service John Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Lopez-Elias v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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