PICHARDO v. I.N.S.

No. 98-70759

188 F.3d 1079 (1999)

Erwin PICHARDO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie M. Jordan-Curtis, Ph.D., J.D., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Darlene C. Chavez, Guylaine Nau, and Lara A. Stingley, Law Students, University of Arizona, College of Law, Legal Clinic (Pro Bono), Tucson, Arizona, for the petitioner.

Marion E. Guyton, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: LAY, PREGERSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge:

Erwin Pichardo, a citizen of Nicaragua, appeals from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board") upholding an Immigration Judge's ("IJ's") finding that Pichardo was inadmissible and subject to removal from the United States. The BIA based its holding on the finding that an immigration officer reasonably believed Pichardo to be a drug trafficker under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") section 212(a)(2)(C), 8 U.S.C...

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