LARA-RUIZ v. I.N.S.

No. 99-2868.

241 F.3d 934 (2001)

Ricardo LARA-RUIZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Berman (Argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Kristen A. Giuffreda, William C. Erb (Argued), Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Ricardo Lara-Ruiz ("Lara-Ruiz") appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") which found him removable from the United States for committing the "aggravated felony" of "sexual abuse of a minor," and statutorily ineligible for discretionary relief from removal. Lara-Ruiz argues that he did not commit sexual abuse of a minor under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(A), and that the application of the recently enacted provisions of...

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