MENDEZ v. MUKASEY

Docket No. 07-1114-ag.

547 F.3d 345 (2008)

Tamara MENDEZ, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin Conlon, Law Offices of Michael Boyle, North Haven, CT, for Petitioner.

Alex Goring (Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Michelle Gorden Latour, Joseph A. O'Connell, of counsel), Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: SACK and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge.


KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:

On review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing petitioner's appeal, we are called on to determine whether first degree larceny in the form of "defrauding a public community," in violation of Connecticut General Statutes §§ 53a-122(a)(4) and 53a-119(6), is a crime involving moral turpitude for the purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I). We hold that it is and deny the petition for review.

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