CORTES-CASTILLO v. I.N.S.

No. 92-3121.

997 F.2d 1199 (1993)

Venancio CORTES-CASTILLO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Schoppert (argued), Coursey & Schoppert, Chicago, IL, for petitioner.

Fred Foreman, U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, William J. Howard, David J. Kline, Donald E. Keener (argued), Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Michael L. Harper, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, I.N.S., Chicago, IL, for respondent.

Before CUMMINGS and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) charged Venancio Cortes-Castillo (Cortes) with deportability in March of 1983, pursuant to section 241(a)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), because he had been convicted in 1977 for delivery of heroin. Cortes filed applications for relief from deportation and suspension of deportation under sections 212(c) and 244(a)(2) of the INA. 8 U.S.C. §§ 1182(c), 1254(a)(2). In November...

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