Legal Opinion
Juan Manuel Murillo-Espinoza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2001No. 00-70096PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge HAWKINS; Concurrence by Judge GOULD
HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
Juan Manuel Murillo-Espinoza petitions from a final order of removal entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Murillo-Espinoza challenges the order on the ground that he is no longer removable as an alien “convicted of an aggravated felony” because the theft conviction upon which removal proceedings were based has been vacated by an Arizona state court.
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The facts and procedural history are not in dispute. Murillo-Espinoza, a native and citizen of Mexico, was admitted to the United States as a permanent…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-AguirreSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8943, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,491 Veronico Blas Almario Kalaw Eleanor Lu Dalisay v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Florencia Garcia Revilla v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Anastacia Miranda-Gonzalez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Hector Tito Lujan-Armendariz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Mauro Roldan-Santoyo v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- OZKOKBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1988
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