MAGHSOUDI v. I.N.S.

No. 98-1264.

181 F.3d 8 (1999)

Sasan MAGHSOUDI, Petitioner, Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Silbiger, with whom Silbiger & Honig was on brief for appellant.

Brenda M. O'Malley, with whom Karen Ann Hunold, Senior Litigation Counsel, Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, and the Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, were on brief for appellee.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Sasan Maghsoudi, an alien, seeks direct judicial review of a final order of deportation from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA found Maghsoudi deportable (under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii)) because it held that he had two prior convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude. If both crimes were indeed crimes of moral turpitude, we lack jurisdiction to review the deportation order. Finding that Maghsoudi had been convicted...

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