Legal Opinion
Luis F. Padilla v. Alberto R. Gonzales and Deborah Achim
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 2006No. 05-2697PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) ordered Luis Padilla removed to his native Mexico because he committed two crimes of moral turpitude. Padilla petitioned this court for review of the BIA’s removal order and we dismissed his petition, leaving the removal order intact. Before federal immigration authorities got around to removing him, Padilla persuaded an Illinois court to vacate the two convictions that supplied the basis for his removal. Rather than asking the BIA to reopen his case in light of his vacated convictions, Padilla petitioned a federal district court…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. VenturaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Gonzales v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Frebert Bonhometre v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Kuang-Te Wang v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Alvarez-Barajas v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by43 opinions
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