Legal Opinion
Jean Fides Alexandre v. U.S. Atty. General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 12, 2006No. 05-15421PublishedCited by 42 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Jean Fides Alexandre, a native of Haiti, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his motion to reopen his deportation proceedings in order to permit him to apply for relief under former INA § '212(c). 1 The BIA denied the motion to reopen on the ground that Alexandre was ineligible for § 212(c) relief because he had been convicted of drug charges amounting to an aggravated felony and had served five years of his sentence. That conviction was imposed in 1989 by a Florida state court following a jury trial.
We note at the outset that, even though…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- James R. Brooks v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- Peter Balogun v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
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