DASHTO v. I.N.S.

No. 94-2166.

59 F.3d 697 (1995)

Abdul DASHTO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jules E. Coven, New York City, argued, for Abdul Dashto.

Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, I.N.S., James B. Burns, Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, William J. Howard, Mark C. Walters, Teresa A. Wallbaum (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Immigration Lit., David J. Kline, Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for I.N.S.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

After Abdul Dashto pled guilty to a series of robberies, the Immigration and Naturalization Service sought to have him deported to his native Syria. Based upon a clerk's certificate indicating that one of the robberies involved a handgun, the Board of Immigration Appeals found Dashto ineligible for discretionary relief from deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(c). The Board...

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