Legal Opinion
Abdul Dashto v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 11, 1995No. 94-2166PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
After Abdul Dashto pled guilty to a series of robberies, the Immigration and Naturalization Service sought to have him deported to his native Syria. Based upon a clerk’s certificate indicating that one of the robberies involved a handgun, the Board of Immigration Appeals found Dashto ineligible for discretionary relief from deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). The Board found, alternatively, that even if Dashto were eligible, a grant of relief would not be warranted. We conclude that the clerk’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- MARINBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1978
- Miguel Angel Leal-Rodriguez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- William Palmer v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Elston A. Henry v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Nikola Akrap v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Antonio Reyes-Hernandez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Daniel B. Salameda and Angelita C. Salameda v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Jose E. Sandoval v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Shmael Turkhan, Betty Jean Turkhan, and Oriana M. Turkhan v. Brian R. PerrymanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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