ESQUIVEL v. MUKASEY

No. 07-2260.

543 F.3d 919 (2008)

Hector R. ESQUIVEL, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saadia Siddique (argued), Kriezelman Burton & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Melissa Neiman, Kelly J. Walls (argued), Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Hector Esquivel, a Mexican citizen, was ordered removed after an Immigration Judge found him inadmissible as a result of having committed crimes in this country involving moral turpitude. In ordering Esquivel's removal, the IJ determined that Esquivel was ineligible for a waiver under former § 212(c) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act because he had previously served more than five years' imprisonment for an aggravated felony: attempted...

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