Legal Opinion
Carter v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 30, 1996No. 95-1840PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Invoking the newly enacted “battered spouse” provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (I & N Act), 8 U.S.C. § 1154(a)(1)(A)(iii) (1994), petitioner Zakia Carter seeks judicial review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings. Discerning no cognizable error, we decline to grant the petition.
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Carter, a native and citizen of Morocco, was convicted of assault and battery on March 8,1981. After the victim died, Carter pled guilty to a charge of manslaughter. The state court sentenced her to serve…
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