Legal Opinion
Alvaro Palafox Grageda v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1993No. 92-70322PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether spousal abuse is a crime of moral turpitude upon the basis of which an alien can be deported.
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Petitioner Alvaro Palafox Grageda seeks reversal of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“U”) deportation order under section 241(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(4), which allows for deportation of an alien who has committed a crime of moral turpitude within five years of entry into the United States.
Grageda is a Mexican citizen and legal resident of the United States. On…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jordan v. De GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States Ex Rel. Zaffarano v. CorsiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Maria Guadalupe Guerrero De Nodahl v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Andrew Robert Leslie McNaughton v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Richard C. Castle v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
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